154 Quotes by Aristophanes

One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.

An actor should refine public taste.

One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.

Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.

Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?

Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age.

There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!

Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.

It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.