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Menander
74 quotes
“ζ[ῶ]ν οὗτος ἐπιεικῶς χρόνον πολὺν λελάληκεν ἡδέως ἐν τῷ βίῳ οὐδενί, προσηγόρευκε πρότερος δ᾿ οὐδένα πλὴν ἐξ ἀνάγκης, γειτνιῶν παριών τ᾿, ἐμὲ τὸν Πᾶνα· καὶ τοῦτ᾿ εὐθὺς αὐτῷ μεταμέλει, εὖ οἶδ᾿.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 8–13 (tr. V. J. Rosivach, 2014)
“εὖ τοῦτ᾿ ἴσθ᾿, ὅτι πρὸς πάντα πράγματ᾿ ἐστὶ πρακτικώτερον εὐκαιρία.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 127–29 (tr. V. J. Rosivach, 2014)
“τῶν δ᾿ ἀναγκαίων λέγειν πλείον᾿ οὐκ ἀνδρὸς νομίζω, πλὴν ἐκεῖνό γ᾿ ἴσθι, παῖ· ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ γὰρ βούλομ᾿ εἰπεῖν ὀλίγα σοι καὶ τοῦ τρόπου. εἰ τοιοῦτοι πάντες ἦσαν, οὔτε τὰ δικαστήρια ἦν ἄν, οὔθ᾿ αὑτοὺς ἀπῆγον εἰς τὰ δεσμωτήρια, οὔτε πόλεμος ἦν, ἔχων δ᾿ ἂν μέτρι᾿ ἕκαστος ἠγάπα. ἀλλ᾿ ἴσως ταῦτ᾿ ἔστ᾿ ἀρεστὰ μᾶλλον οὕτω· πράττετε. ἐκποδῶν ὑμῖν ⟨ὁ⟩ χαλεπὸς δύσκολός τ᾿ ἔσται γέρων.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 740–47 (tr. V. J. Rosivach, 2014)
“τρυφερὸς ὢν δίκελλαν ἔλαβες, ἔσκαψας, πονε[ῖν ἠθέλησας. ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τῷ μέρει μάλιστ᾿ ἀνὴρ δείκνυτ᾿, ἐξισοῦν ἑαυτὸν ὅστις ὑπομένει τινὶ εὐπορῶν πένητι· καὶ γὰρ μεταβολὴν οὗτος τύχ[ης ἐγκρατῶς οἴσει. δέδωκας πεῖραν ἱκανὴν τοῦ τρόπ[ου· διαμένοις μόνον τοιοῦτος.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 766–71 (tr. V. J. Rosivach, 2014)
“ὃ βούλεται γὰρ μόνον ὁρῶν καὶ προσδοκῶν ἀλόγιστος ἔσται τῆς ἀληθείας κριτής.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Aspis, ll. 326–327 (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Μένανδρος (el)
“ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεὸς ἐπεφάνης.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τὸ καλῶς ἔχον που κρεῖττόν ἐστι καὶ νόμου.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Karchedonios, frg. 5 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“χρεία διδάσκει, κἂν ἄμουσος ᾖ, σοφόν.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Karchedonios, frg. 7.1 K.-A. (tr. W. F. H. King, 1904)
“οὐθεὶς ἐπλούτησεν ταχέως δίκαιος ὤν.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kolax, line 42 (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“ταὐτόματον ἐστιν ὡς ἔοικέ που θεὸς σῴζει τε πολλὰ τῶν ἀοράτων πραγμάτων.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τρυφᾶν γὰρ οὐκ ἠπίστασ᾿.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“αἰσθοῦ σαυτὸν ὄντα [ ἄνθρωπον, ἄνθρωπον δὲ κα[ ἵνα μὴ ᾿πιθυμῇς τῶν ὑπὲρ σ[ὲ πραγμάτων. ὅταν δ᾿ ἀγρυπνεῖν εἴπῃς, τίς ὁ [βίος σου σκοπῶν τὴν αἰτίαν γνώσῃ· περιπατεῖς [ εἰσῆλθες εὐθύς, ἂν κοπιάσῃς τ[ὰ σκέλη. μαλακῶς ἐλούσω, πάλιν ἀναστ[ὰς περιπατεῖς πρὸς ἡδονήν. ὕπνος αὐτὸς ὁ βί[ος ἐστί σοι. τὸ πέρας· κακὸν ἔχεις οὐδέν, ἡ ν[όσος δέ σου ἔσθ᾿ ἣν διῆλθες (φορτικώτερο[ν δέ τι ἐπέρχεταί μοι, τρόφιμε, συγγνώ[μην δ᾿ ἔχε)· τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον, οὐχ ἔχεις ὅπο[ι χέσῃς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν, εὖ ἴσθι.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Phasma, lines 6–18 (tr. W. G. Arnott, 2000)
“ἔργον εὑρεῖν συγγενῆ πένητός ἐστιν· οὐδὲ εἷς γὰρ ὁμολογεῖ αὑτῷ προσήκειν τὸν βοηθείας τινὸς δεόμενον, αἰτεῖσθαι γὰρ ἅμα τι προσδοκᾷ.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 9 K.-A., Adelphoi (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“πρὸς ἅπαντα δειλὸν ὁ πένης ἐστὶ γὰρ καὶ πάντας αὑτοῦ καταφρονεῖν ὑπολαμβάνει. ὁ γὰρ μετρίως πράττων περισκελέστερον ἅπαντα τἀνιαρά, Λαμπρία, φέρει.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 11 K.-A., Adelphoi (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“ὁ πρῶτος εὑρὼν διατροφὴν πτωχῷ τέχνην πολλοὺς ἐποίησεν ἀθλίους· ἁπλοῦν γὰρ ἦν τὸν μὴ δυνάμενον ζῆν ἀλύπως ἀποθανεῖν.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 14 K.-A., Halieus (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“χαλεπόν γε θυγάτηρ κτῆμα καὶ δυσδιάθετον.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 22 K.-A., Halieus (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“ζῶμεν γὰρ οὐχ ὡς θέλομεν, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς δυνάμεθα.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τὸ δ᾿ ἐρᾶν ἐπισκοτεῖ ἅπασιν, ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ τοῖς εὐλόγως καὶ τοῖς κακῶς ἔχουσιν.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 49 K.-A., Andria (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“τὰ προσπεσόντα προσδοκᾶν ἅπαντα δεῖ ἄνθρωπον ὄντα· παραμένει γὰρ οὐδὲ ἕν.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 50 K.-A., Androgynos (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“τὸ γὰρ σύνηθες οὐδαμοῦ παροπτέον.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 52 K.-A., Androgynos (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“εὐδαιμονία τοῦτ᾿ ἔστιν υἱὸς νοῦν ἔχων, ἀλλὰ θυγάτηρ κτῆμ᾿ ἐστὶν ἐργῶδες πατρί.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 58 K.-A., Anepsioi (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“δεδογμένον τὸ πρᾶγμ᾿· ἀνερρίφθω κύβος.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πάντ᾿ ἐστὶ τῷ καλῷ λόγῳ ἱερόν· ὁ νοῦς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ λαλήσων θεός.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 70 K.-A., Arrhephoros (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“ἀνδρὸς χαρακτὴρ ἐκ λόγου γνωρίζεται.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 72 K.-A., Arrhephoros (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“τυφλὸν ὁ πλοῦτος, καὶ τυφλοὺς ⟨τοὺς⟩ ἐμβλέποντας εἰς ἑαυτὸν δεικνύει.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 74 K.-A., Hauton penthon (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“πλούτος δὲ πολλῶν ἐπικαλυμμ᾽ ἐστὶν κακῶν.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 92 K.-A., Boiotis (tr. B. Stevenson, 1934)
“φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρήσθ᾿ ὁμιλίαι κακαί.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 165 K.-A., Thaïs (tr. Hoyt's, 1922); quoted by Paul, 1 Cor. 15:33
“κατὰ πολλὰ γ᾿ ἐστὶν οὐ καλῶς εἰρημένον τὸ γνῶθι σαυτόν· χρησιμώτερον γὰρ ἦν τὸ γνῶθι τοὺς ἄλλους.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In many things you do not well to say, "Know thyself;" for it would be better to say, "Know others." (C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“εὔπιστον ἀτυχῶν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος φύσει· τὸν πλήσιον γὰρ οἴεται μᾶλλον φρονεῖν ὁ τοῖς λογισμοῖς τοῖς ἰδίοις πταίων ἀεί.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 286 K.-A., Parakatatheke (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἐπ᾿ ἀμφότερα νῦν ἡ ᾿πίκληρος ἡ κ⟨αλή⟩ μέλλει καθευδήσειν.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἆρ᾿ ἐστὶν ἀρετῆς καὶ βίου διδάσκαλος ἐλευθέρου τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἀγρός.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 301 K.-A., Plokion (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“οὐ πανταχοῦ τὸ φρόνιμον ἁρμόττει παρόν· καὶ συμμανῆναι δ᾿ ἔνια δεῖ.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 317 K.-A., Poloumenoi (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἔρχεται τἀληθὲς εἰς φῶς ἐνίοτ᾿ οὐ ζητούμενον.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alternate translation (C. T. Ramage, 1864):
“τρόπος ἔσθ᾿ ὁ πείθων τοῦ λέγοντος, οὐ λόγος.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πολλῶν κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν θηρίων ὄντων, μέγιστόν ἐστι θηρίον γυνή.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 378 K.-A., Hypobolimaios (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην σκάφην.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἰατρός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος ἀνθρώποις νόσων· ψυχῆς γὰρ οὗτος μόνος ἔχει κουφίσματα.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 663 K.-A. (tr. W. F. H. King, 1904)
“οὐκ ἔστ᾿ ἄπιστον οὐδὲν ἐν θνητῷ βίῳ οὐδ᾿ ἂν γένοιτο· πολλὰ ποικίλλει χρόνος παράδοξα καὶ θαυμαστὰ καὶ ζώντων τρόποι.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πολὺ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν ἓν καλῶς μεμαθηκέναι ἢ πολλὰ φαύλως περιβεβλῆσθαι πράγματα.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 695 K.-A. (tr. W. F. H. King, 1904)
“ἀεὶ δ᾿ ὁ σωθείς ἐστιν ἀχάριστον φύσει.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“μισῶ πονηρόν, χρηστὸν ὅταν εἴπῃ λόγον.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ὡς χαρίεν ἔστ᾿ ἄνθρωπος, ἂν ἄνθρωπος ᾖ.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“οὐκ ἔστ᾿ ἀνοίας οὐδέν, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, τολμηρότερον.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 714 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“ἀληθὲς εἶναι δεῖ τὸ σεμνόν, οὐ κενόν.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 726 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ὃς οὔτ᾿ ἐρυθριᾶν ἐπίστατ᾿ οὔτε δεδιέναι, τὰ πρῶτα πάσης τῆς ἀναιδείας ἔχει.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 751 (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
Also quoted by: Diphilus (misattributed)
“οὐθὲν σιωπῆς ἐστι χρησιμώτερον.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 752 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)
“μειράκιον, οὔ μοι κατανοεῖν δοκεῖς, ὅτι ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας ἕκαστα κακίας σήπεται, καὶ πᾶν τὸ λυμαινόμενόν ἐστιν ἔνδοθεν. οἷον ὁ μὲν ἰὸς τὸν σίδηρον, ἂν σκοπῇς, τὸ δ᾿ ἱμάτιον οἱ σῆτες, ὁ δὲ θρὶψ τὸ ξύλον. ὃ δὲ τὸ κάκιστον τῶν κακῶν πάντων, φθόνος φθισικὸν πεποίηκε καὶ ποήσει καὶ ποεῖ.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 761 K.-A. (tr. G. Murray, 1938)
“ὅστις δὲ διαβολαῖσι πείθεται ταχύ, ἤτοι πονηρὸς αὐτός ἐστι τοὺς τρόπους, ἢ παντάπασι παιδαρίου γνώμην ἔχει.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 764 K.-A. (tr. Anonymous, 1715)
“εἴπερ τὸν ἀδικοῦντα †μενως† ἠμύνετο ἕκαστος ἡμῶν καὶ συνηγωνίζετο ἴσως, νομίζων ἴδιον εἶναι τὸ γεγονὸς ἀδίκημα, καὶ συνέπραττον ἀλλήλοις πικρῶς, οὐκ ἂν ἐπὶ πλεῖον τὸ κακὸν ἡμῖν ηὔξετο τὸ τῶν πονηρῶν, ἀλλὰ παρατηρούμενοι καὶ τυγχάνοντες ἧς ἔδει τιμωρίας ἤτοι σπάνιοι σφόδρ᾿ ἂν ἦσαν ἢ πεπαυμένοι.”
Menander (341–291 BC) said by 291 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 766 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1864)