Menander > Quotes

“He whom the gods love dies young.”
― Menander, The Plays and Fragments

“He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.”
― Menander

“The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.”
― Menander of Athens

“We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.”
― Menander

“... when a poor man's wronged, he becomes a very difficult customer. To start with, he gets a lot of sympathy: and then he takes his bad treatment not just as an injury, but as a personal insult.”
― Menander, The Plays and Fragments

“Wer davonläuft kann später kämpfen.”
― Menander

“Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.”
― Menander

“When you’re moved to find out who you are, study the graves you encounter as you pass by.Inside rest the bones and weightless dust of men once kings and tyrants, wise men, and those who took pride in their noble birth or wealth, their fame, or their beautiful bodies. Yet what good was any of that against time? All mortals come to know Hades in the end. Look toward these to know who you are.”
― Menander c. 305 BC

“Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable. ”
― Menander

“Mereka yang tekun bekerja, tidak pernah kecewa, sebab semua tercapai dengan kegigihan dan kerja keras.”
― Menander of Athens

“That on which you so pride yourself will be your ruin, you who think yourself to be somebody.”
― Menander

“Pensa sem cessar que és homem, isto é, o vivente mais sujeito aos caprichos da sorte.”
― Menandro

“Няма нищо по-силно от думите.”
― Menander

“Добрия човек глупавите думи не цапат.”
― Menander

“O homem que não sofre atribulações não se educa.”
― Menandro

“El sueño alimenta cuando no se tiene qué comer.”
― Menandro