Aristophanes - Land Quotes

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This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, one who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

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Epops: Come let me see, what shall the name be for our city?
Euelpides: Hence, from the clouds, and these meteoric regions, some all-swelling name.
Pisthetaerus: Would you Cloud-cuckoo-land?

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Somewhere, what with all these clouds, and all this air, There must be a rare name, somewhere... How do you like "Cloud-Cuckoo-Land"?

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Praxagora: I want all to have a share of everything and all property to be in common; there will no longer be either rich or poor; [...] I shall begin by making land, money, everything that is private property, common to all. [...]
Blepyrus: But who will till the soil?
Praxagora: The slaves.

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