
is identified by some with the Athenian general and governor of the Thracian Chersonese
known from the speech of Demosthenes
De Chersoneso. He presumably derived his taste for comic drama from his uncle Alexis
.
Menander was the friend, associate, and perhaps pupil of Theophrastus
, and was on intimate terms with the Athenian dictator Demetrius of Phalerum
.
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
Riches cover a multitude of woes.
Whom the gods love dies young.
At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
Deus ex machina.
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.