Comedy Too Can Sometimes Discern

Calonice: My Dear Lysistrata, Just What Is This Matter You've Summoned Us Women To Consider.what's Up? Something Big? Lysistrata: Very Big. Calonice: (interested) Is It Stout Too? Lysistrata: (smiling) Yes, Indeed -- Both Big And Stout. Calonice: What? And The Women Still Haven't Come? Lysistrata: It's Not What You Suppose; They'd Come Soon Enough For That.

You're Mistaken; Men Of Sense Often Learn Much From Their Enemies. Prudence Is The Best Safeguard. This Principle Cannot Be Learnt From A Friend: But An Enemy Extorts It Immediately. It Is From Their Foes And Not Their Friends, That Cities Learn The Lesson Of Building High Walls And Ships Of War. And This Lesson Saves Their Children, Their Homes, And Their Properties.

There Is No Honest Man! Not One, That Can Resist The Attraction Of Gold!

I Saw A Cavalry Captain Buy Vegetable Soup On Horseback. He Carried The Whole Mess Home In His Helmet.

Meton (astronomer In 5th Century Bc): With The Straight Ruler I Set To Work To Make The Circle Four-cornered .