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
friends good-friend men
All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
men events be-prepared
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
marriage men wife
There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
men self helping
To live is not to live for one's self; let us help one another.
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.
men good-man goodness
The good man makes others good.
character men conversation
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
real character men
Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature's way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
men experience alive
No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
art adversity men
Art is man's refuge from adversity.
endure evil truth
Marriage, if truth be told (of this be sure), An evil is - but one we must endure
body greek-poet sharp sword words
The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
greek-poet undergo
The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
god greek-poet lends
Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.