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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. — Menander

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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

In the original Greek

το αμεΐν εάν τις την άΧηθειαν σκοπή, κακόν μεν εστίν, αλλ' άνα γκαΐον κακόν.

Menander
290 BC
★ 2.1
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Marriage
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Fragment
Time
290 BCClassical antiquity
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Menander
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Menander. Unidentified fragment 651. c. 300 BC.

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