Top 66 Quotes & Sayings by Menander
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Greek poet Menander.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
'Tis always best to tell the truth. At every crisis, I recommend this as a chief contribution to security in life.
A thing hard to track is Fortune.
Riches cover a multitude of woes.
Intelligence, if it is clever in the direction of the better, is responsible for the greatest benefits of all.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Bad company corrupts good character.
The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
The Truth, sometimes not sought for, comes forth to the light.
The spoken word is man's physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul.
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
To refrain from all injustice renders us also humane.
When at a loss about something, go and take counsel by yourself. For in the midst of shouting, the advantageous course is not to be seen, but as one reasons with oneself, it shines out clear.
The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'
Old men are children for the second time.
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
Culture makes all men gentle.
Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
The man who runs may fight again.
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
Whom the gods love dies young.
Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.
A man that runs away may fight again.
The good man makes others good.
Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."
There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
Silence is often advantageous.
Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
Art is man's refuge from adversity.
By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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.
It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
He who labors diligently need never despair.
There is but one genuine love potion - consideration.
The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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.
Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.
All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
No just person ever became quickly rich.
The workman still is greater than his work.
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