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

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

If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember..

Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done..

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

A fox is subtlety itself..

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

Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unre….

A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue..

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. C….

Chorus of women: [...] Oh! my good, gallant Lysistrata, and all my friends, be ever like a bundle of nettles; never let you anger slacken; the wind o….

Calonice: My dear Lysistrata, just what is this matter you've summoned us women to consider.What's up? Something big? Lysistrata: Very big. Calonice:….

If I get clear of my debts, I care not though men call me bold, glib of tongue, audacious, impudent, shameless, a fabricator of falsehoods, inventor ….

Surely you do not 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 friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships ….

Lysistrata: Oh, Calonicé, my heart is on fire; I blush for our sex. Men will have it we are tricky and sly...Calonicé: And they are quite right, upon….

When the soldier returns from the wars, even though he has white hair, he very soon finds a young wife. But a woman has only one summer; if she does ….

You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but….

The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here..

This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had o….

Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them..