Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
MENANDERThere is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
More Menander Quotes
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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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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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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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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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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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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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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