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Aristophanes
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Comedy Writer
Playwright
Poet
Father of Comedy
Ideas
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Compelling
Phrases
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Thoughts
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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests hence the state limps along.
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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
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Old age is but a second childhood.
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It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
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Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us--not to mention our crockery and our woolens!
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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It should not prejudice my voice that I'm not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I'm taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.
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Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived she understands deceit too well herself.
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A truce to idle phrases!
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If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
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First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.
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To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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The love of wine is a good man's failing.
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Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them!
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