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
art adversity men
Art is man's refuge from adversity.
worry anxiety scared
Why should he who is scared be careful?
wise loving-life people
By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
white hair white-hair
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
latin god-love young
Whom the gods love dies young.
communication evil disposition
It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
hands stones easy
It is as easy to draw back a stone, thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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.
women land sea
There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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.
school experience curriculum
The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
love-you genuine-love consideration
There is but one genuine love potion - consideration....