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Menander

comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC)

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The character of a man is known from his conversations.

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Deus ex machina A god from the machine

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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

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There is nothing more daring than ignorance.

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When you see a man elated with pride, glorying in his riches and high descent, rising even above fortune, look out for his speedy punishment; for he is only raised the higher that he may fall with a heavier crash.

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Being a man, ne'er ask the gods for a life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

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Culture makes all men gentle.

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

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He who labours diligently need never despair. We can accomplish every thing by diligence and labour.

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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

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In everything you will find annoyances, but you ought to consider whether the advantages do not predominate.

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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

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No one ought to despond in adverse circumstances, for they may turn out to be the cause of good to us.*

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Nothing is more useful than silence.

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Riches cover a multitude of woes.

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The man who cannot blush, and who has no feelings of fear, has reached the acme of impudence.

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The man who runs may fight again.

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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

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The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.

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There is no pleasure of life sprouting like a tree from one root but there is some pain joined to it; and again nature brings good out of evil.

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Whom the gods love dies young.

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Whosoever lends a greedy ear to a slanderous report is either himself of a radically bad disposition or a mere child in sense.

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