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 not make hay while the sun shines, no one will afterwards have anything to say to her, and she spends her days consulting oracles that never send her a husband.
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh? - Aristophanes
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?
- Aristophanes
Old age is but a second childhood. - Aristophanes
Old age is but a second childhood.
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever - Aristophanes
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which … - Aristophanes
It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which …
Open your mind before your mouth - Aristophanes
Open your mind before your mouth
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size. - Aristophanes
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. - Aristophanes
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. - Aristophanes
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
A truce to idle phrases! - Aristophanes
A truce to idle phrases!
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