It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
MENANDERIt is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
More Menander Quotes
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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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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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The good man makes others good.
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Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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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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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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