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Menander48 quotes“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 character of a man is known from his conversations.
MenanderMenander Why should he who is scared be careful?
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.
MenanderMenander The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
MenanderMenander The workman still is greater than his work.
MenanderMenander At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
MenanderMenander 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.
MenanderMenander Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
MenanderMenander Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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