The workman still is greater than his work.
MENANDERIt is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
More Menander Quotes
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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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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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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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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The good man makes others good.
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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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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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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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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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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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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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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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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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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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