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
evil excess goodness
The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
determination fighting weather
Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
love-you genuine-love consideration
There is but one genuine love potion - consideration....
heart giving praying
Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
people know-thyself wells
In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."
wealth rich persons
No just person ever became quickly rich.
silence silent silence-is
Nothing is more useful than silence.
dye hair ought woman women yellow
A chaste woman ought not to dye her hair yellow
itself joke joking
A joke without a point, inane and bald, itself a joke on joking may be called
craft fine handled handsome skill
A handsome person, with perverted will, is a fine craft that's handled without skill
sweet oneself
How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
men good-man goodness
The good man makes others good.
school experience curriculum
The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
fall gathers man wood
On the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood