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Quotes by Menander

“Know thyself is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say know others.”

“Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.”

“Whom the gods love dies young”

“The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.”

“It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.”

“The man who runs may fight again.”

“The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.”

“Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.”

“Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.”

“Culture makes all men gentle.”

He whom the gods love dies young.

Whom the gods love dies young

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Intelligence, if it is clever in the direction of the better, is responsible for the greatest benefits of all.

Culture makes all men gentle.

The spoken word is mans physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul.