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- Πλοῦτος δὲ πολλῶν ἐπικάλυμμ' ἐστὶν κακῶν
- Wealth is a cloak that covers many evils.
- Boeotia Fragment 3 [1]
- Wealth is a cloak that covers many evils.
Monostichoi[edit]
- Ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε
- Either be silent or speak something better than silence
- Monostichoi, 208 [2]
- Either be silent or speak something better than silence
- Ζῶμεν ἀλογίστως προσδοκοῦντες μὴ θανεῖν
- Carelessly we live, thinking death will never come.
- Monostihcoi, 200 [3]
- Carelessly we live, thinking death will never come.
- Βέλτιον γὰρ ὀψιμαθῆ καλεῖσθαι, ἤ ἀμαθῆ.
- It is better to be called late-learned than unlearned
- From Monostichoi?
- It is better to be called late-learned than unlearned
I am unsure if the Monositchoi are reliably attributable to Menander. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 16:23, 9 March 2017 (UTC)