Menander of
Menander of
drinking land sea
Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
health sleep healing
Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
men self helping
To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.
evil faces truth-is
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
worry anxiety scared
Why should he who is scared be careful?
wise loving-life people
By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
white hair white-hair
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
latin god-love young
Whom the gods love dies young.
communication evil disposition
It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
hands stones easy
It is as easy to draw back a stone, thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
pain men want
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.
experience happened
Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
women land sea
There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
evil excess goodness
The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.