Quotes from Aristophanes

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.

Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.

There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!

Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.

It should not prejudice my voice that I'm not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I'm taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation.

Evil events from evil causes spring.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Old age is second childhood.

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

To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

There's no art where there's no fee.

I saw a cavalry captain buy vegetable soup on horseback. He carried the whole mess home in his helmet.

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.

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.