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A truce to idle phrases!
Aristophanes
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Aristophanes
Age: 0
Comedy Writer
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One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
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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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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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Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
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There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.
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You cannot make a crab walk straight.
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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?
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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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Today things are better than yesterday.
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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.
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Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
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Old age is second childhood.
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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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Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever
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Do not take a blind guide.
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Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.
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Comedy is allied to justice.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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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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