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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
7
Under every stone lurks a politician.
2
Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
2
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
3
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.
6
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.
3
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
3
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
2

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Aristophanes was born in Athens around 447 BC and died in Athens around 385 BC. He is the best-known representative of ancient Greek Comedy. His work is a fierce critique of the customs, politics, and morals of his time. Using humor, satire, and parody, Aristophanes questioned power, war, and hypocrisy. Plays such as "The Clouds" satirize Socrates, "Lysistrata" proposes a sex strike to end the Peloponnesian War, and "The Frogs" criticizes the tragic poets. His language is rich, inventive, and full of puns and wordplay, reflecting the intellectual liveliness of classical Athens. Although many of his works have been lost, those that remain offer a unique glimpse into Athenian society and the comic genius of their author.