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" All we have to do is idly sit
indoors
With smooth roses powdered
on our cheeks,
Our bodies burning naked
through the fold
Of shining Amorgos' silk
and meet the men
With our dear Venus-plats
plucked trim and neat.
Their stirring love will rise
up furiously,
They'll beg our arms to
open. That's our time!
We'll disregard their knocking
beat them off
And they will soon be rabid
for a Peace
I'm sure of it. "

Aristophanes , Lysistrata


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Aristophanes quote : All we have to do is idly sit<br />indoors<br />With smooth roses powdered<br />on our cheeks,<br />Our bodies burning naked<br />through the fold<br />Of shining Amorgos' silk<br />and meet the men<br />With our dear Venus-plats<br />plucked trim and neat.<br />Their stirring love will rise <br />up furiously,<br />They'll beg our arms to<br />open. That's our time!<br />We'll disregard their knocking<br />beat them off<br />And they will soon be rabid<br />for a Peace<br />I'm sure of it.