Classics ~ Sayings ~ Menander

MENANDER

ὅν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήσκει νέος.

He whom the gods love dies young.

Dis Exapaton

ὦ τρὶς κακοδαίμων, ὅστις ὢν πένης γαμεῖ.

O thrice ill-starred is he who marries when he is poor!

Plocius

πενίαν φέρειν οὐ παντὸς, ἀλλ' ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ.

To endure poverty is the mark not of every man, but of the wise man.

Sententiae 463

ὁ μηδὲν ἀδικῶν οὐδενὸς δεῖται νόμου.

The man who does no wrong needs no law.

Fragment 845

καλῶς ἀκούειν μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτεῖν θέλε.

Wish rather to be well spoken of than to be rich.

ὀργὴ φιλοῦντων ὀλίγον ἰσχύει χρόνον.

The anger of lovers lasts a short time.

ὑγίεια καὶ νοῦς ἐσθλὰ τῷ βίῳ δύο.

Health and intellect are two good things in life.

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