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
running war fighting
A man that runs away may fight again.
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.
latin god-love young
Whom the gods love dies young.
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.
work workmen stills
The workman still is greater than his work.
determination fighting weather
Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
silence silent silence-is
Nothing is more useful than silence.