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Aristophanes
Greek
Poet
About the author
Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Love
#Desire
#Name
#Pursuit
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Man
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Popular
#Voice
#Breeding
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Friend
#Hunger
High thoughts must have high language.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Language
#Thoughts
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Art
#Man
#Exercise
Under every stone lurks a politician.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
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,
Greek
Poet
#Building
#War
#Friends
#Men
#Enemies
#Sense
#Cities
#Ships
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Open
#Eyes
Evil events from evil causes spring.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Evil
#Events
#Causes
#Spring
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#May
#Mind
#Wine
You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#May
#Man
#Wisdom
Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Nothing
#Adventure
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#People
#Laws
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
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,
Greek
Poet
#Friends
#Road
#Travel
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Enemies
Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
Aristophanes,
Greek
Poet
#Argument
#Proof
#Gods