Aristophanes Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.”
-- Aristophanes

#Stupid #Ignorance #Forever

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

#Clever #Wine #Mind

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

#Life #Wise #Wisdom

“Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.”
-- Aristophanes

#No Friends #Hunger

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

#Men #Humanity #May

“High thoughts must have high language.”
-- Aristophanes

#Book #Communication #Beer

“By words the mind is winged.”
-- Aristophanes

#Mind

“Let each man exercise the art he knows.”
-- Aristophanes

#Strength #Art #Life Changing

“You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.”
-- Aristophanes

#Teacher #Crabs #Teach

“When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.”
-- Aristophanes

#Clever #Wine #Successful

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

#Men #Grieving #Hands

“If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.”
-- Aristophanes

#Thinking #Trying #Break

“The wise learn many things from their enemies.”
-- Aristophanes

#Wise #Wisdom #Enemy

“Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.”
-- Aristophanes

#Eye #Mouths #Zeus

“Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.”
-- Aristophanes

#Justice #Long #People

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

#Men #House #Homeland

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

#Travel #Adventure #Journey

“To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.”
-- Aristophanes

#Winning #People #Promise

“Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever”
-- Aristophanes

#Ignorance #Stupidity #Forever

“Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.”
-- Aristophanes

#Men #Wings #Giving

“There's no art where there's no fee.”
-- Aristophanes

#Art #Fees

“Wealth--the most excellent of all gods.”
-- Aristophanes

#Wealth #Excellent

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

#Adversity #Grace #Trying

“Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous'd, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th' offended gods.”
-- Aristophanes

#Running #Conscience #Appease

“Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!”
-- Aristophanes

“Lysistrata: Oh, Calonicé, my heart is on fire; I blush for our sex. Men will have it we are tricky and sly...Calonicé: And they are quite right, upon my word!Lysistrata: Yet, look you, when the women are summoned to meet for a matter of the last importance, they lie abed instead of coming.Calonicé: Oh, they will come, my dear; but 'tis not easy you know, for a woman to leave the house. One is busy pottering about her husband; another is getting the servant up; a third is putting her child asleep or washing the brat or feeding it.”
-- Aristophanes

#Sex #Husband #Children

“An actor should refine public taste.”
-- Aristophanes

#Actors #Taste #Should

“One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.”
-- Aristophanes

#Two #Thieves #Theft

“Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.”
-- Aristophanes

#Children #Men #Way

“Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvelous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everything he touches succeeds, he gains lawsuits, is happy and helps his friends. Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea.”
-- Aristophanes

#Wine #Men #Ideas