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Classical antiquity5 quotes
This is living, not to live unto oneself alone. — Menander · 290 BCI call a fig a fig, a spade a spade. — Menander · 290 BCWhom the gods love dies young. — Menander · 290 BCMarriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. — Menander · 290 BCThe man who has never been flogged has never been taught. — Menander · 291 BC