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342 BC–290 BC Greece
Menander (Greek: Μένανδρος, Ménandros; c. 342/341 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek playwright and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He was the author of more than a hundred comedies, of which a single one, Dyskolos, survives virtually complete.
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The truth, sometimes not sought for, comes forth to the light.
The man dies young on whom the gods their love bestow.
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
Men are taught virtue and a love of independence by living in the country.
Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
The man who cannot blush, and who has no feelings of fear, has reached the acme of impudence.
Love blinds all men, both those who act reasonably and those who act foolishly.
All places are the temple of God, for it is the mind that prays to him.
Love is the only thing among men which refuses to be comforted.
Nothing is more useful to man than silence.
At times discretion should be thrown aside,
Whoso lights upon a kindly-natured servant has got the best treasure in the world.
Riches are blind, and render men blind who set their affections upon them.
There is no better provision for life than impudence and a brazen face.
The character of man is known from his conversation.
Necessity teaches wisdom even to the unlearned.
There is nothing more daring than ignorance.
No just man has ever become suddenly rich.
Words are the medicine for human grief;
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