Aristophanes Quotes

"A man's homeland is wherever he prospers."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Man)

"Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Breeding, Popular, Voice)

"Hunger knows no friend but its feeder."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Friend, Hunger)

"High thoughts must have high language."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Thoughts, Language)

"Let each man exercise the art he knows."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Art, Exercise, Man)

"Under every stone lurks a politician."
- 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
(Related: Men, War, Building, Cities, Enemies, Friends, Sense, Ships)

"Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Eyes, Open, Will)

"Evil events from evil causes spring."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Causes, Events, Evil, Spring)

"Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever."
- Aristophanes
(Related: May, Mind, Wine)

"You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say."
- Aristophanes

"A man may learn wisdom even from a foe."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Wisdom, Man, May)

"Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Adventure, Nothing)

"Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Life, People, Laws)

"You cannot teach a crab to walk straight."
- Aristophanes

"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
(Related: Travel, Friends, Road)

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

"The wise learn many things from their enemies."
- Aristophanes
(Related: Enemies)

"Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?"
- Aristophanes
(Related: Gods, Argument, Proof)