Aristofanés citáty
Aristofanés
Datum narození: 448 př. n. l.
Datum úmrtí: 386 př. n. l.
Aristofanés , byl starořecký dramatik, hlavní představitel antické komedie.
Citáty Aristofanés
„Zamilovaný, bohatý a nachlazený to před ostatními neutají.“
— Aristofanés
Přisuzované, Source: Srovnejte s výrokem Benjamina Franklina: Kašel, koně a lásku lze ukrýt velmi těžko.
„Nenávidět je někdy větší rozkoš než milovat.“
— Aristofanés
Přisuzované, Nenávist
„Nosit sovy do Athén.“
— Aristofanés
Přisuzované
„Den, kdy jsem se nezasmál, pokládám za ztracený.“
— Aristofanés
Přisuzované, Smích
„Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.“
— Aristophanés
Misattributed, Fictional attribution in the movie The Emperor's Club (2002), given by Kevin Kline (as William Hundert); also attributed to Diogenes, without sources; no published occurrences of this statement prior to the movie have been located in any of the Aristophanes Plays or Fragments.
Source: IMDb, "Memorable quotes for The Emperor's Club" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283530/quotes, Internet Movie Database, www.imdb.com
Source: Two pages attributing it to Diogenes: http://www.prohibitionists.org/Background/Party_Platform/quickquotes/QQ-education.htm http://www.ryanbalton.com/funstuff/forb_seniorquotes.htm
„I pained folk but little and caused them much amusement; my conscience rebuked me for nothing.“
— Aristophanés, Peace
Peace (421 BC), Context: Chorus [speaking for Aristophanes]: Yet I have not been seen frequenting the wrestling school intoxicated with success and trying to seduce young boys; but I took all my theatrical gear and returned straight home. I pained folk but little and caused them much amusement; my conscience rebuked me for nothing. Hence both grown men and youths should be on my side and I likewise invite the bald to give me their votes; for, if I triumph, everyone will say, both at table and at festivals, “Carry this to the bald man, give these cakes to the bald one, do not grudge the poet whose talent shines as bright as his own bare skull the share he deserves.”
(tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Aristoph.+Peace+762)
Peace, line 762-773 (our emphasis on 764)
Aristophanes was bald.
„Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea.“
— Aristophanés, The Knights
Knights (424 BC), Context: Demosthenes: Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvellous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everything he touches succeeds, he gains lawsuits, is happy and helps his friends. Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea.
(tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Aristoph.+Kn.+90)
Knights, line 90-96 (our emphasis on 95-96)
„Epops: A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.“
— Aristophanés, The Birds
Birds (414 BC), tr. in Goldstein-Jackson 1983, p. 163 http://books.google.com/books?q=isbn%3A9780389203933+%22A+man+may+learn+wisdom+even+from+a+foe%22+Aristophanes
Birds, line 375-382 (our emphasis on 375 and 378-379 and 382)
Compare the later: "We can learn even from our enemies", Ovid, Metamorphoses, IV, 428.
„The wise can often profit by the lessons of a foe,“
— Aristophanés, The Birds
Birds (414 BC), Context: Epops: The wise can often profit by the lessons of a foe, for caution is the mother of safety. It is just such a thing as one will not learn from a friend and which an enemy compels you to know. To begin with, it's the foe and not the friend that taught cities to build high walls, to equip long vessels of war; and it's this knowledge that protects our children, our slaves and our wealth.
Leader of the Chorus [leader]: Well then, I agree, let us first hear them, for that is best; one can even learn something in an enemy's school.
(tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Aristoph.+Birds+375)
