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Old age is second childhood.
— Aristophanes
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Aristophanes
comedy writer, playwright, poet, writer
– 2005
Aristophanes was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving plays belong to the genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are considered its most valuable examples. Aristophanes's plays were performed at the religious festivals of Athens, mostly the City Dionysia and the Lenaia, and several of them won the first prize in their respective competitions.
All Quotes by Aristophanes
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
— Aristophanes
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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
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
— Aristophanes