It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
MENANDERNo just person ever became quickly rich.
More Menander Quotes
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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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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Whom the gods love dies young.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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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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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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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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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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