[demagogues] like fishers eels; still waters catch nothing, thoroughly — Aristophanes, Knights

Aristophanes The Knights

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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

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Related Topics: demagoguery, disdain, eels, filth, fishing, greed, grime, materialism, peace, politicians, slime, trouble, unclean, unrest, upheaval, vice

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