More Quotes by Aristophanes
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
By words the mind is winged
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
Under every stone lurks a politician.
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever.
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue.
