This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past. Agathon, from Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
(448 BC - 400 BC) High thoughts must have high language. Aristophanes, Frogs, 405 B.C.
Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC - 388 BC) Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master,<br>At which the audience never fail to laugh? Aristophanes, Frogs, 405 B.C.
Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC - 388 BC) Under every stone lurks a politician. Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C.
Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC - 388 BC) Let each man exercise the art he knows. Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.
Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC - 388 BC) This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought<br>Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land<br>Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand. Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.
Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC - 388 BC) You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Aristophanes, Knights, 424 B.C.
Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC - 388 BC) We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them. Thucydides, Peloponnesian War
Greek historian (471 BC - 400 BC) Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand. Hippocrates, Regimen
Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) Many admire, few know. Hippocrates, Regimen
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