It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
MENANDERThere is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
More Menander Quotes
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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 are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
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The good man makes others good.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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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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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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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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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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