Aristophanes quote: You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up ...

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 ~

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