154 Quotes by Aristophanes

The love of wine is a good man’s failing.

There’s no art where there’s no fee.

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!

Shakespeare wrote sculduddery because he liked it, and for no other reason; his sensuality is the measure of his vitality.

That is what we do each time we see someone who falls in love with evil strategies, until we hurl him into misery, so he may learn to fear the Gods.

It should not prejudice my voice that I’m not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I’m taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.

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

Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?

That man is sharp who can say what he wants in a minimum of words.