Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
AristophanesRead
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
Interpretation
Winning people's hearts requires understanding and catering to their preferences.
Aristophanes highlights the importance of pleasing others to gain their support and trust. By using the metaphor of cooking something savoury, he illustrates that attentiveness to the needs and desires of people is key to successful leadership and relationships.
In practice
In a motivational speaker's presentation about effective leadership.
Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
[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.
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
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 I may wet my mind and say something clever.
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy, and a gentleman. And, of course, he'd have to be a genius... For he will have to feed a family on a policeman's salary.
What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
The minute you do any layoffs, you might as well lay off the whole joint because everybody forgets about the customer and worries about their job security.
No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.
I'm going to try to unite all Americans.
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