Menander Quotes
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature's way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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Art is man's refuge from adversity.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.
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Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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