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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Menander

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Menander
Comedy Writer
Dramatist
Ancient Athens
Menander of Athens
Love
Life
Leadership
Wish
Live

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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature's way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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Do not fight against Providence nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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