Monday, October 8, 2012

Aristophanes Quotes

Let each man exercise the art he knows. 
Aristophanes 


A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. 
Aristophanes 


Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod. 
Aristophanes 


Hunger knows no friend but its feeder. 
Aristophanes 


Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. 
Aristophanes 


Under every stone lurks a politician. 
Aristophanes

High thoughts must have high language. 
Aristophanes 


Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole. 
Aristophanes 


Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. 
Aristophanes 


These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them. 
Aristophanes 


You cannot teach a crab to walk straight. 
Aristophanes 


Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. 
Aristophanes 


Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. 
Aristophanes 


The wise learn many things from their enemies. 
Aristophanes 


Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. 
Aristophanes 


A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. 
Aristophanes 


Evil events from evil causes spring. 
Aristophanes 


You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say. 
Aristophanes 


Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you. 
Aristophanes 


Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof? 
Aristophanes

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