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Deus ex machina [A god from the machine]


Menander

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Who knows to suffer the most injuries
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MENANDER Nothing is more useful than silence.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
MENANDER All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
MENANDER I count it happiness,
Ere we go quickly thither whence we came,
To gaze ungrieving on these ma...
MENANDER We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
MENANDER Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
MENANDER Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
MENANDER He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor...
MENANDER It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
MENANDER Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already the...
MENANDER How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
MENANDER Fortune is no real thing.
But men who cannot bear what comes to them
In Nature's way, give the...
MENANDER The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
MENANDER I am a man: nothing human is foreign to me.
MENANDER The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
MENANDER Whom the gods love die young.
MENANDER Nay, Georias, I call him the bravest man,
Who knows to suffer the most injuries
With patience....
MENANDER Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
MENANDER He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
MENANDER Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.
MENANDER The spoken word is man's physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul.
MENANDER It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
MENANDER Nothing is more useful than silence.
MENANDER I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
MENANDER Whom the gods love dies young.
MENANDER The man who runs may fight again.
MENANDER Riches cover a multitude of woes.
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MENANDER Wer davonläuft kann später kämpfen.
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MENANDER ATHENS The workman still is greater than his work
MENANDER ATHENS The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum
MENANDER ATHENS He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
MENANDER OF ATHENS Nothing is more useful than silence.
MENANDER OF ATHENS The workman still is greater than his work
MENANDER OF ATHENS There is but one genuine love-potion - consideration.
MENANDER OF ATHENS It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
MENANDER OF ATHENS