Aristophanes Quotes and Sayings
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Evil events from evil causes spring. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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High thoughts must have high language. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Let each man exercise the art he knows. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof? Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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The wise learn many things from their enemies. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Under every stone lurks a politician. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say. Aristophanes | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑