The good man makes others good.
MENANDERThere is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
More Menander Quotes
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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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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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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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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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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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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