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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

~Aristophanes

Topics: Cannot Crab Straight Teach Walk You

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Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

~Aristophanes

Topics: Eyes Mouth Open See Send Shut Will You Your Zeus

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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

~Aristophanes

Topics: Bad Breeding Characteristics Horrible Manner Politician Popular Voice Vulgar

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

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Topics: Bring Clever May Me Mind Quickly Say Something Wet Wine

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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

Topics: Building Cities Enemies Foes Friends High Learn Lesson Men Often Sense Ships Walls War

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Let each man exercise the art he knows.

~Aristophanes

Topics: Art Each Each Man Exercise He Knows Man

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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.

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Topics: Advanced Before Dead Friends Gone Lost Must Road Stage Steps Travel Two Which You Your

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

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Topics: Abolish Even Laws Lead Life People Same Still Though Were Wise Wise People Would

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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

~Aristophanes

Topics: Friend Hunger Knows

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Evil events from evil causes spring.

~Aristophanes

Topics: Causes Events Evil Spring

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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