The Knights Quotes

“To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.”
― Aristophanes, The Knights

“[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.”
― Aristophanes, The Knights

“You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing is good; in the same way it's only in troublous times that you line your pockets.”
― Aristophanes, The Knights

“Politics, these days, is no occupation
for an educated man, a man of character.
Ignorance and total lousiness are better.”
― Aristophanes, The Knights

“Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?”
― Aristophanes, The Knights

“You see, a leader of the people
no longer needs to have any training
or be honest in his dealings. Instead
he should be ignorant and disgusting.
But you must not disregard what the gods
are offering you in this oracle.”
― Aristophanes, Knights

“However, in the view of many Athenians he had, in effect, stolen the credit from Demosthenes. This point is frequently mentioned in the play. Knights was awarded first prize in the drama competition at the Lenaea festival in 424 BC.”
― Aristophanes, Knights

“—¿De verdad crees en los dioses?
—Yo sí.
—¿En qué te basas?
—En que me aborrecen. ¿No es un indicio verosímil?”
― Aristófanes, Los caballeros