154 Quotes by Aristophanes

Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us--not to mention our crockery and our woolens!

If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.

By words the mind is winged.

The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.

First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster.

To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.

When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.