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Aristophanes (/ˌærɪˈstɒfəniːz/; Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης, pronounced [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion (Latin: Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete. These, together with fragments of some of his other plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and are used to define it.

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Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?

Audience, Cracks, Fail, Laughing, Laughter, Master

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

Adversity, Good, Grace, Trick, Trying

Wealth--the most excellent of all gods.

Excellent, Gods, Wealth

It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.

Ideas, Phrases, Power, Size

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 of fortune blown our way.

Bundle, Gallant, Like, Way, Wind, Women

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.

Days, Finds, Husband, Soldier, Summer, War

If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

Baffles, Break Off, Strike, Thinking, Thought, Trying

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

Events, Evil, Flows, Spring, Suffering

High thoughts must have high language.

Beer, Book, Communication, High, Language, Thoughts

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 oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

Fought, Grieving, Hand, Hands, Men, Pilfer

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

Friday, Inspirational, Learn, Learning, Man, Wisdom

Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered.

Circle, Circles, Four, Meton, Straight, Work

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

Art, Exercise, Knows, Life Changing, Man, Strength

What unlooked-for things do happen, to be sure, in a long life!

Happen, Life, Long, Long Life, Things

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

Educated, Honest, Men, Rogue, Rogues

Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.

Breath, Fearful, Monsters, Poverty

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Political, Politician, Politics, Stone, Under, Witty

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

Hide, Say, Theft, Thieves, Two

[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.

Ally, Fool, Men, War, Winning

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 an enemy extorts it immediately. It is from their foes and not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. And this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.

Children, Enemy, Foes, Men, Wall, War

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