Plautus
Quotes by Plautus
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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Man is not man, but a wolf, to those he does not know.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.
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There are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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