Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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More Menander Quotes
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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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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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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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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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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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The workman still is greater than his work.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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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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Silence is often advantageous.
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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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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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The good man makes others good.
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