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

Quote by Aristophanes

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Under every stone lurks a politician.

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

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.

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.

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

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...

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

The wise learn many things from their foes.

The wise learn many things from their foes.

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

High thoughts must have high language.

High thoughts must have high language.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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.

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?

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...