Menander Quotes

In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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Better Knowledge Known
Silence is often advantageous.
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Advantage One Liner Silence
Nothing is more useful than silence.
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One Liner Silence
No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Person Quick Rich
Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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Reaction Yourself
It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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Shoulder Wisdom Young
There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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Love Oneself Potion
Whom the gods love dies young.
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Death God Love Young
By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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People Willing Wisdom Yourself
Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Courage Endurance God Life
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Hairs White Wisdom
Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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Chance God Kind Observation Preserve
All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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Known Man Refuge Smile
A man that runs away may fight again.
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Coward Fight Man Run
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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