Why should he who is scared be careful?
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Whom the gods love dies young.
MenanderMenander By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
MenanderMenander Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
MenanderMenander It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
MenanderMenander Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
MenanderMenander All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
MenanderMenander A man that runs away may fight again.
MenanderMenander The character of a man is known from his conversations.
MenanderMenander The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
MenanderMenander He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
MenanderMenander How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
MenanderMenander Conscience is a God to all mortals.
MenanderMenander Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
MenanderMenander Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
MenanderMenander We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
MenanderMenander Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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