Famous Aristophanes Quotes

  • Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. – Aristophanes

    Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right.– Aristophanes

  • Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don’t believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof? – Aristophanes

    Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don’t believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?– Aristophanes

  • Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war. – Aristophanes

    Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war.– Aristophanes

  • There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed. – Aristophanes

    There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed.– Aristophanes

  • What can you answer? Now be careful, don’t arouse my spite, Or with my slipper I’ll take you napping,faces slappingLeft and right. – Aristophanes

    What can you answer? Now be careful, don’t arouse my spite, Or with my slipper I’ll take you napping,faces slappingLeft and right.– Aristophanes

  • To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them. – Aristophanes

    To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.– Aristophanes