Menander quotes
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“No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.”
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“By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.”
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“The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.”
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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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“He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.”
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“Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.”
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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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“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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“To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.”
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“The character of a man is known from his conversations.”
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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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“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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“The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.”
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“In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."”
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“Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.”
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“Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.”
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“There is but one genuine love potion - consideration.”
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“The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.”
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“It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.”
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“Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.”
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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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“Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.”
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“At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.”
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“Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.”
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“All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.”
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“Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.”
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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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“It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.”
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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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“Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.”
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“There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.”
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“Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.”
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“Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.”
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