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Aristophanes

Quote of Aristophanes - A man may learn wisdom even...


Biography - Aristophanes:

Comic playwright of ancient Athens.
Born: -446 - Died: -386
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.



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Quotes for: wisdom


Quotes

Quotes about wisdom:


Patience is the companion of wisdom.





All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.





To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.





Wisdom leads us back to childhood.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.











Quotes

Aristophanes also said...


You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.





Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.





You can never soften the skin of a hedgehog.





Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.





Let each man exercise the art he knows.





Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.












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