The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
MENANDERA man that runs away may fight again.
More Menander Quotes
-
-
No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
MENANDER -
It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
MENANDER -
A man that runs away may fight again.
MENANDER -
Why should he who is scared be careful?
MENANDER -
Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
MENANDER -
How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
MENANDER -
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
MENANDER -
Nothing is more useful than silence.
MENANDER -
All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
MENANDER -
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.
MENANDER -
To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
MENANDER -
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.
MENANDER -
Whom the gods love dies young.
MENANDER -
Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
MENANDER -
There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
MENANDER