Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Menander

Menander Greek comic dramatist (342 BC - 292 BC)


Menander - Unidentified fragment
- I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Menander - The Double Deceiver
- Whom the gods love dies young.

Menander -
- The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Menander - Monostikoi (Single Lines)
- The man who runs may fight again.

Menander -
- Nothing is more useful than silence.

Menander -
- Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Menander - Lady of Andros
- Riches cover a multitude of woes.

Menander -
- The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.

Menander -
- The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Menander -
- Culture makes all men gentle.

Menander - Unidentified fragment
- It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Menander -
- He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Menander - The Woman Possessed with a Divinity
- Deus ex machina [A god from the machine]