By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
MENANDERTo live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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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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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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