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Menander48 quotes“In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.””
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
MenanderMenander Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
MenanderMenander The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
MenanderMenander The workman still is greater than his work.
MenanderMenander At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
MenanderMenander 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.
MenanderMenander Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
MenanderMenander Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
MenanderMenander Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
MenanderMenander The good man makes others good.
MenanderMenander No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
MenanderMenander The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
MenanderMenander I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
MenanderMenander Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
MenanderMenander Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
MenanderMenander There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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