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Bravery
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
-Menander
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Change
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
-Menander
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Communication
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
-Menander
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Determination
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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
-Menander
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Experience
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
-Menander
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Fame
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Fortune is no real thing.
But men who cannot bear what comes to them
In Nature's way, give their own characters
The name of Fortune.
-Menander
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Fate & Destiny
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Whom the gods love die young.
-Menander
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Friends
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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
-Menander
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Goals
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The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
-Menander
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Humanity
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I am a man: nothing human is foreign to me.
-Menander
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Life
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
-Menander
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I count it happiness,
Ere we go quickly thither whence we came,
To gaze ungrieving on these majesties,
The world-wide sun, the stars, water and clouds,
and fire. Live, Parmeno, a hundred years
Or a few months, these you will always see
and never, never, any greater things.
Think of this life-time as a festival
Or visit to a strange city, full of noise,
Buying and selling, thieving, dicing stalls
And joy parks. If you leave it early, friend,
Why, think you have gone to find a better inn:
You have paid your fare and leave no enemies.
-Menander
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Persistence
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He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
-Menander
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Relationships
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
-Menander
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Resentment
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Nay, Georias, I call him the bravest man,
Who knows to suffer the most injuries
With patience. All this swiftness of resentment
Is proof of a little mind.
-Menander
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Wealth
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Books by and about Menander