Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
MENANDERThe good man makes others good.
More Menander Quotes
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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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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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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The good man makes others good.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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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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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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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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Whom the gods love dies young.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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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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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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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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Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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