Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. Aristophanes More Quotes by Aristophanes More Quotes From Aristophanes A truce to idle phrases! Aristophanes truce idle phrases It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay. Aristophanes wicked believe hands Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered . Aristophanes four circles work The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe. Aristophanes foe truth-is Old age is but a second childhood. Aristophanes childhood age children Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream. Aristophanes race darkness dream [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 winning men war You will never make the crab walk straight. Aristophanes crabs walks There's no art where there's no fee. Aristophanes fees art The love of wine is a good man's failing. Aristophanes good-man wine men It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size. Aristophanes size phrases ideas An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit. Aristophanes athens idiot law If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember. Aristophanes owing debt men I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face. Aristophanes shells kissing eggs Do not take a blind guide. Aristophanes guides blind Only by being suspended aloft, by dangling my mind in the heavens and mingling my rare thought with the ethereal air, could I ever achieve strict scientific accuracy in my survey of the vast empyrean. Had I pursued my inquiries from down there on the ground, my data would be worthless. The earth, you see, pulls down the delicate essence of thought to its own gross level. Aristophanes data essence air A slave is but half a man. Aristophanes slavery half men It should not prejudice my voice that I'm not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I'm taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation. Aristophanes feminism voice men What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life! Aristophanes long-life life long One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. Aristophanes adversity grace trying
