Quotes by Aristophanes

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.

Men

War

Winning

A fox is subtlety itself.

Foxes

Subtlety

A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.

Able

Country

Men

A slave is but half a man.

Half

Men

Slavery

A truce to idle phrases!

Idle

Phrases

Truce

Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!

Total War

An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.

Athens

Idiot

Law

An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.

Honest

Men

Wicked

Calonice: My dear Lysistrata, just what is this matter you’ve summoned us women to consider.What’s up? Something big? Lysistrata: Very big. Calonice: (interested) Is it stout too? Lysistrata: (smiling) Yes, indeed — both big and stout. Calonice: What? And the women still haven’t come? Lysistrata: It’s not what you suppose; they’d come soon enough for that.

Matter

Soon Enough

Stout

Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.

Children

Masters

Poet

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Adventure

Adversity

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Aging

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Army

Art

Atheism

Atheist

Athens

Believe

Blind

Care

Cat

Centaurs

Childhood

Children

Circles

Clever

Clouds

Coarse

Comedy

Country

Courses

Crabs

Data

Ending Hunger

Essence

Ethics

Evil

Excellent

Expression

Eye

Fairness

Fees

Feminism

Food

Forever

Four

Foxes

Gallant

God

Gold

Good Man

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Quotes by Aristophanes

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.

A fox is subtlety itself.

A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country’s good.

A slave is but half a man.

A truce to idle phrases!

Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!

An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens’ profit.

An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.

Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.

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