You will never make
You will never make the crab walk straight. Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Shall I crack any
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh? Aristophanes
[Y]ou [man] are fool
[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily. Aristophanes
It should not prejudice
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. Aristophanes
Chorus of women: […]
Chorus of women: […] Oh! my good, gallant Lysistrata, and all my friends, be ever like a bundle of nettles; never let you anger slacken; the wind of fortune blown our way. Aristophanes
Lysistrata: Oh, Calonicé, my
Lysistrata: Oh, Calonicé, my heart is on fire; I blush for our sex. Men will have it we are tricky and sly…Calonicé: And they are quite right, upon my word!Lysistrata: Yet, look you, when the women are summoned to meet for a matter of the last importance, they lie abed instead of coming.Calonicé: Oh, they … Read more
Men of sense often
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. Aristophanes
It is the compelling
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size. Aristophanes
You can’t have anything
You can’t have anything else to say: you’ve poured out every drop of what you know. Aristophanes
I would treat her
I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face. Aristophanes