Quotes of Aristophanes - somelinesforyou

“ Let each man exercise the art he knows. ”

- Aristophanes

“ A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. ”

- Aristophanes

“ High thoughts must have high language. ”

- Aristophanes

“ Under every stone lurks a politician. ”

- Aristophanes

“ You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. ”

- Aristophanes

“ High thoughts must have high language. ”

- Aristophanes

“ The wise learns many things from their enemies. ”

- Aristophanes

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

- Aristophanes

“ A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. ”

- Aristophanes

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

- Aristophanes

“ The wise learn many things from their enemies. ”

- Aristophanes

“ A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. ”

- Aristophanes

“ Evil events from evil causes spring. ”

- Aristophanes

“ High thoughts must have high language. ”

- Aristophanes

“ Open your mind before your mouth ”

- Aristophanes

“ [Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily. ”

- Aristophanes

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

- Aristophanes

“ Wealth — the most excellent of all gods. ”

- Aristophanes

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

- Aristophanes

“ Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull? ”

- 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

“ A slave is but half a man. ”

- Aristophanes

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

- Aristophanes

“ A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. ”

- Aristophanes

“ The wise learn many things from their enemies. ”

- Aristophanes

“ Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh? ”

- 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

“ You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. ”

- Aristophanes

“ Wealth — the most excellent of all gods. ”

- Aristophanes

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

- Aristophanes
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