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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!

Aristophanes

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Aristophanes
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Comedy Writer
Playwright
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Father of Comedy
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