Menander Famous Quotes
"Being a man, ne'er ask the gods for a life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long."
He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Whom the gods love dies young.
"I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade."
The man who runs may fight again.
"Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado."
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
Deus ex machina A god from the machine
Culture makes all men gentle.
Riches cover a multitude of woes.
"The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind."
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
Menander Quotations
The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.
Peggy Fleming
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Malcolm Forbes
Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.
Gore Vidal
"Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof."
Richard Sibbes
"I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money. (On Vietnam War)"
Charles De Gaulle
I suppose it is much more comfortable to be mad and not know it than to be sane and have one's doubts.
G B Burgin
"We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children."
American Indian Proverb
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Reggie Leach
"To believe God is a Privilege, To doubt God is an insult."
Unknown
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
Sidney Goff