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Quote of Aristophanes - Words give wings to the mind...


Biography - Aristophanes:

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

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


Note 

Note



"INFORMER
So that words give wings?

PISTHETAERUS
Undoubtedly; words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven. Thus I hope that my wise words will give you wings to fly to some less degrading trade."


Quote source: The Birds



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Les paroles donnent des ailes. Elles élèvent l'esprit et lui donnent l'essor.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: heaven


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Quotes about heaven:


To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.






Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.





There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.






Look up to the sky. You'll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.





They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea.





I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.











Quotes for: word


Quotes

Quotes for: word


The word flies and cannot be recalled.





One word and all is saved
One word and all is lost.






Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.





Finding the right words at the right moment is action.





The language of friendship is not words but meanings.





The meaning of a word is its use in the language.











Quotes for: wings


Quotes

Quotes for: wings


If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.





Sadness flies away on the wings of time.





I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.





Man, too, has wings, he has imagination.





Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.





Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.











Quotes

Aristophanes also said...


You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.





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.





A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.












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