Aristophanes

"The greatest wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to remain silent."

"In love and war, the unexpected victory often belongs to those who dare the most."

"A nation that permits its poor to languish will eventually be consumed by their desperation."

"The man who seeks happiness through pleasure finds it ever more elusive."

"In the end, it is not what we have done that matters, but what we have meant to do."

"The greatest revolution is not in the streets but in the hearts and minds of men."

"A single person can inspire multitudes when their conviction burns with sufficient intensity."

"The pursuit of truth requires that we be willing to abandon comfortable lies."

"In the theater of democracy, the audience often becomes the play."

"The man who has never failed has never truly dared to live."

"A woman's power resides not in her beauty but in her capacity to shape the world through her will and intellect."

"When men drink, they think; when they think, they improve themselves; when they improve themselves, they drink more."

"The secret to change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

"Under the old rules, power was held by those who hoarded information. Under the new rules, it flows to those who share it."

"A man may break a word with you, but keep his bond with himself."

"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."

"I would rather be a nobody in truth than somebody in delusion."

"No man is brave who has never been afraid."

"The poets have made freemen of us all by showing us the world through their eyes."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts."

"A society that tolerates fools has wisdom enough to endure them."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not try new things."

"Peace is the condition for creating beauty; war is the parent of destruction."

"The highest form of flattery is imitation, but the lowest is mockery."

"What a fine thing hope is! How it sustains even the poorest wretch!"

"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."

"The state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more obedient tools in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished."

"There is nothing in the world so demoralizing as money."