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Bad company corrupts good character.
— Menander
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Menander
comedy writer, poet
– 2001
Menander was a Greek playwright and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His record at the City Dionysia is unknown.
All Quotes by Menander
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Culture makes all men gentle.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Riches cover a multitude of woes.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.
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The man who runs may fight again.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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This man has lived here I'm sure.
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Rest assured, to choose the right moment.
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Even if you were a softy, you took the mattock, you dug, I wish only that you remain as you are.
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The spoken word is man's physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul.
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Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
— Menander