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The spoken word is man's physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul.


Menander

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FERGUS HENDERSON Motivation is soothing medicine for the soul.
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LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ...
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GEORGE HERBERT Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst...
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NORMAN LOCK Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner.
ERBLIN VUKAJ Jesus Christ wants to show His love for this world through us, Christians.
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GARY F EVANS... Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca...
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TIMOTHY NOAH Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
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HAYLEY WILLIAMS The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it...
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WILLIAM BLAKE The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Never has an angry word spoken ever made this world better.
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ISAAC MAYER WISE That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f...
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either...
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HUGO BALL A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
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EDOUARD MANES The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there.
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PHILIP T. M. Reach for the stars.
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BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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ANUJ SOMANY The belief in charms for protecting newborn infants is very strong in Greece.
JAMES THEODORE BENT Don’t go for good or better; the best is yours; go for it.
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The charmer, Maya, has worked her charms, and the multi colored thread is around everyone s neck.
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MENANDER I count it happiness,
Ere we go quickly thither whence we came,
To gaze ungrieving on these ma...
MENANDER We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
MENANDER Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
MENANDER Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
MENANDER He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor...
MENANDER It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
MENANDER Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already the...
MENANDER How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
MENANDER Fortune is no real thing.
But men who cannot bear what comes to them
In Nature's way, give the...
MENANDER The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
MENANDER I am a man: nothing human is foreign to me.
MENANDER The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
MENANDER Whom the gods love die young.
MENANDER Nay, Georias, I call him the bravest man,
Who knows to suffer the most injuries
With patience....
MENANDER Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
MENANDER He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
MENANDER Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.
MENANDER It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
MENANDER Nothing is more useful than silence.
MENANDER I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
MENANDER Deus ex machina [A god from the machine]
MENANDER Whom the gods love dies young.
MENANDER The man who runs may fight again.
MENANDER Riches cover a multitude of woes.
MENANDER The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
MENANDER Culture makes all men gentle.
MENANDER The character of a man is known from his conversations.
MENANDER Bad company corrupts good character.
MENANDER 'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say '...
MENANDER The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
MENANDER Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
MENANDER Wer davonläuft kann später kämpfen.
MENANDER He whom the gods love dies young.
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MENANDER ATHENS This "Know Yourself" is a silly proverb in some ways; To know the man next door is a much more usef...
MENANDER ATHENS The workman still is greater than his work
MENANDER ATHENS The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum
MENANDER ATHENS He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
MENANDER OF ATHENS Nothing is more useful than silence.
MENANDER OF ATHENS The workman still is greater than his work
MENANDER OF ATHENS There is but one genuine love-potion - consideration.
MENANDER OF ATHENS It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
MENANDER OF ATHENS