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.
MENANDERIt is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
More Menander Quotes
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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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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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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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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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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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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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