Menander
Menander
Menanderwas a Greek dramatist 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 but may well have been similarly spectacular...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
worry anxiety scared
Why should he who is scared be careful?
white hair white-hair
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
success perseverance labor-day
He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
health sleep healing
Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
drinking land sea
Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
marriage men wife
There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
mortals conscience
Conscience is a God to all mortals.
women sea earth
Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
pieces moments assured
Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
figs spades
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
wealth rich persons
No just person ever became quickly rich.
friends good-friend men
All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
evil excess goodness
The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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.