disdain Quotes

“If you live long enough, you’ll get many surprises, yes sir! Well, Strymodorus, who in the world ever thought we’d hear that women, the blatant nuisance we’ve reared in our homes,now control the Sacred Image and occupy my Acropolis, And to top it all, with bolts and bars close off the citadel gates?”

Magistrate: “You’ll manage the money?”
Lysistrata: “What’s so strange about that? Don’t we manage the household finances for you already?”
Magistrate: “That’s different.”
Lysistrata: “How so?”
Magistrate: “These are war funds!”