Aristophanes Short Quotes

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By words the mind is winged

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Man is a truly cunning creature.

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Vortex reigns, having expelled Zeus.

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Under every stone lurks a politician.

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High thoughts must have high language.

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Whirl is King, having driven out Zeus.

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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

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The love of wine is a good man's failing.

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[Wealth], the most excellent of all the gods.

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We say that poverty is the sister of beggary.

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Man is naturally deceitful ever, in every way!

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Even if you persuade me, you won't persuade me.

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Blest the man who possesses a
Keen intelligent mind.

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It is so that you may know only those who nourish you

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Hierocles: You will never make the crab walk straight.

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Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!

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'Tis the Whirlwind, that has driven out Zeus and is King now.

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What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!

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Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing.

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There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!

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I am amazed that anyone who has made a fortune should send for his friends.

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One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.

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There's nothing worse in the world than shameless woman—save some other woman.

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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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[We] must look beneath every stone, lest it conceal some orator ready to sting us.

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You can't have anything else to say: you've poured out every drop of what you know.

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Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.

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

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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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