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.
MENANDERIt is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
More Menander Quotes
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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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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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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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