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Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC)
Greek Athenian comic dramatist [more author details]

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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.: Aristophanes
High thoughts must have high language.: Aristophanes, Frogs, 405 B.C.
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Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?: Aristophanes, Frogs, 405 B.C.
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.: Aristophanes, Knights, 424 B.C.
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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.: Aristophanes, Plutus, 388 B.C.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.: Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C.
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.: Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.
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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.: Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.

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