At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
MENANDERAll men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
More Menander Quotes
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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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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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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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 chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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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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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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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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