Aristophanes Quotes about Childhood

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Old age is second childhood.

Childhood, Age, Old Age

Nubes ( The Clouds), l.1417.

Old age is but a second childhood.

Children, Childhood, Age

Clouds (1417) (transl. Thomas Mitchell)

The old are in a second childhood.

Childhood, Aging

Aristophanes, Peter Meineck (1998). “Aristophanes 1: Clouds, Wasps, Birds”, p.416, Hackett Publishing