MENANDER

MENANDER

Athens, 324 - 291 B.C.
DOING NOTHING IS A BAD THING FOR PEOPLE
DOING NOTHING IS A BAD THING FOR PEOPLE - MENANDER

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Athenian comedian. The best of the so-called "Attic school". He was the nephew of the also famous comedian Alexios, and a student of Theophrastus. His first play "Wrath" was performed in 324, and in 316)5 he won the theatrical competitions. Since then he has won seven more. He wrote more than 100 comedies, of which only fragments have survived and some were written on papyrus. Plautus and other Romans imitated him or even presented paraphrased works of his as their own. Later, other works of his were found in papyri, works of a smaller extent, which were discovered, studied and presented, in recent years, mainly by German hellenistic philosophers. A comedy of his, "Dyskolos", was recently discovered and presented in Athens a few years ago.

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  1. MANY THINGS QUICKLY SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO NECESSITY
  2. INSTEAD OF SAYING KNOW YOURSELF, SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE BETTER TO SAY GET TO KNOW THE OTHERS
  3. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MONEY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN UNCERTAIN THING
  4. NOTHING MORE USEFUL THAN SILENCE
  5. THE MAN WHO BLUSHES IS A GOOD MAN
  6. DOCTOR OF ALL NECESSARY EVILS IS TIME
  7. MONEY IS A GREAT WEAPON
  8. BE BOLD, NOT RECKLESS
  9. NO RIGHTEOUS GOT RICH FAST
  10. THE ANGER OF THOSE WHO LOVE IS OF SHORT DURATION
  11. THE WOMAN'S ROLE SHOULD BE SECONDARY AND THE HOUSEHOLD SHOULD BE RULED BY THE MAN, BECAUSE THERE IS NO FAMILY RULED BY A WOMAN THAT WAS NOT RUINED
  12. GREED IS A GREAT EVIL
  13. BY TELLING THE TRUTH, YOU CHOOSE THE BEST METHOD AND THE SAFEST WAY FOR LIFE
  14. NEVER ASK FOR RICHES, CONSIDERING THAT YOU WILL DIE
  15. FOR EVERY JOB, TAKE ALSO THE ADVICE OF THE ELDERS
  16. WHEN YOU HATE MARRIAGE, YOU WILL NOT BE FREE
  17. IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR MORTALS TO RESPECT THE LAWS
  18. ONE MAN CAN SAVE ANOTHER MAN AND A CITY, ANOTHER CITY
  19. THE MOB IS A GREAT POWER BUT IT IS NOT DIRECTED BY THE MANY
  20. THERE IS NO SHAME FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW IN WANTING TO LEARN
  21. EDUCATION IS THE STICK WHICH ONE NEEDS TO WALK
  22. A DRIP OF LUCK IS BETTER THAN A JAR OF MINDS
  23. IT IS UNFAIR FOR ONE TO MAKE HIS FRIENDS SAD
  24. GOD BRINGS THE WICKED TO THE HANDS OF JUSTICE
  25. PEOPLE SUFFER A LOT DUE TO RECKLESSNESS
  26. ALWAYS AVOID ASSOCIATION WITH A WICKED PERSON
  27. IT'S GOOD TO WIN, BUT DANGEROUS TO WIN TOO MUCH
  28. IF WE HAVE MONEY, WE WILL HAVE FRIENDS
  29. FOLLOW WHAT IS DECENT, DON'T IMITATE THOSE WHO HAVE BAD CHARACTER
  30. LEARNING IS WORTH NOTHING IF IT IS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY INTELLIGENCE
  31. ILLEGAL PROFITS BRING TROUBLE
  32. DESTRUCTIVE LIBEL RUINED ENTIRE REPUBLICS
  33. THE IGNORANT IS RUDE
  34. YOU WILL LIVE WELL WHEN YOU LEARN TO CONTROL YOUR ANGER
  35. WISDOM IS A MORE HONEST ACQUISITION THAN WEALTH
  36. HE WHO IS LOVED BY THE GODS DIES YOUNG
  37. ONLY SILENCE DOESN'T MAKE YOU REGRET
  38. SEE FIRST OF ALL TO HONOR YOUR PARENTS
  39. HE WHO DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF HIS PARENTS IS DISHONORABLE
  40. WHEN YOU GET RICH, REMEMBER TO HELP THE POOR TOO
  41. DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ANYONE
  42. HOW CUTE IS MAN, WHEN HE'S HUMAN
  43. MARRIAGE IS A NECESSARY EVIL
  44. HUNGER BECOMES A TEACHER TO MANY
  45. IN EACH CIRCUMSTANCE THE LAW MUST PREVAIL
  46. SOMETIMES THE TRUTH COMES TO THE LIGHT WITHOUT ASKING FOR IT
  47. ANYTHING CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH DILIGENCE AND EFFORT
  48. PREFER TO BE RIGHTEOUS RATHER THAN USEFUL
  49. WE ARE ALL WISE IN ADVISING OTHERS
  50. NO ONE THINKS RIGHT WHEN ANGRY
  51. EDUCATION IS AN ACQUISITION THAT NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY
  52. THE RIGHTEOUS MAN NEVER GETS RICH
  53. IF YOU ACT ACCORDING TO WHAT IS RIGHT, YOU WILL HAVE HELP FROM THE GODS
  54. THE GIFTS OF AN EVIL MAN ARE NO GOOD
  55. YOU SHOULD NEVER REJOICE FOR BAD DEEDS
  56. DOING NOTHING IS A BAD THING FOR PEOPLE