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

Quote by Aristophanes

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Wise men, though all laws were abolished, would lead the same lives

Wise men, though all laws were abolished, would lead the same lives

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

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

Courtesy is simply doing unto others what you would like them to do unto you.

Courtesy is simply doing unto others what you would like them to do unto you.

To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies

To be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

High thoughts must have high language.

High thoughts must have high language.

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon...

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon...

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon...

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon...

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their...

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their...

Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?

Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and...

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and...

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.

You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live...

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live...