How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
MENANDERIn many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
More Menander Quotes
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It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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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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Silence is often advantageous.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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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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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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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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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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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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