Occupation: Playwright Birth: 444 Bc Death: 385 Bc
An actor should refine public taste..
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high..
Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men..
Do not take a blind guide..
Evil events from evil causes spring..
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 ….
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 croc….
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself..
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!.
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe..
There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!.
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader..
First listen, my friend, and then you may shriek and bluster..
The wise learn many things from their enemies..
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder..
Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered ..
I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face..
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe..
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?.
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers..
[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily..