Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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More Menander Quotes
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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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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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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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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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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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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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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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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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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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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