More Quotes by Aristophanes
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them!
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
Under every stone lurks a politician.
To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
