The workman still is greater than his work.
MENANDERNo just person ever became quickly rich.
More Menander Quotes
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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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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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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 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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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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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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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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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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