By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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More Menander Quotes
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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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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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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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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Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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The good man makes others good.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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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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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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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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