Aristophanes

Literature Ancient Greek -446 – -386 97 quotes

An ancient Greek dramatist, known as the 'Father of Comedy' for his satirical plays.

Quotes by Aristophanes

There is nothing more difficult than to know oneself.

The Clouds

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

The Birds

The world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

The Frogs

It is better to be a fool than to be a knave.

The Wasps

The greatest evil is ignorance.

The Clouds

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The Clouds

A man who is afraid of nothing is a man who has nothing to lose.

The Frogs

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices make instruments to scourge us.

The Frogs

The best government is that which governs least.

The Knights

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Plutus

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The Frogs

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The Clouds

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The Birds

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The Wasps

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The Frogs

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The Knights

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Plutus

The wise man speaks because he has something to say, the fool because he has to say something.

The Clouds

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The Clouds

Justice is a certain disposition of the soul, which makes men just in their actions and desirous of what is just.

The Wasps