Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
MENANDERWhy should he who is scared be careful?
More Menander Quotes
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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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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The good man makes others good.
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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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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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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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Silence is often advantageous.
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