Classics ~ Sayings ~ Aristophanes

ARISTOPHANES

ἀπ' ἐχθρών πολλὰ μανθάνουσιν οἱ σοφοί.

From their foes do the wise learn many things.

Birds 376

ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, τῆς λεπτότητος τῶν φρενῶν.

O King Zeus, what subtlety of intellect!

Clouds 153

οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν.

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

Peace 1083

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