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Antiphanes

(c.388-c.311 BC), Greek playwright

Two things only a man cannot hide: that he is drunk and that he is in love.

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Menander

(342-291 B.C.), Greek playwright Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. www.english-slang.com

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