Greek - Poet | 448 BC - 380 BC
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
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
WalkYouTeachCrabCannotStraight
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
MindMeWineSayCleverWet
Under every stone lurks a politician.
PoliticsStonePoliticianEvery
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
EyesYouMouthWillOpenSee
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.
TravelRoadFriendsYouLostDead
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
LifeWisePeopleSameLeadLaws
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.
WomenLiveImpossibleRightPoetUs
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
WisdomManLearnMayEvenFoe
Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
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Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
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