Aristophanes Quotes

Chorus leader: Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, / Protracted with sorrow from day to day, / Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, / Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay! (heavily rewritten tr. Frere 1839, p. 38)

Aristophanes

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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.

Garth Nix
- Writing
- Job
- Book
There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.

Randi Weingarten
- Support
- Gun
- Safety
I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.

Rajiv Ouseph
- Years
- Go
- University
Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.

Wally Schirra
- Up
- Days
- Breaking
America is another name for opportunity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
- America
- Opportunity
- Name
Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What does not yield to use? How many find that the bitterness they had formerly dreaded has, unfortunately, through use alone, turned to sweetness?

Saint Bernard
- Time
- Alone
- Upside Down