How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
MENANDERIn many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
More Menander Quotes
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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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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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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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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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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