Plautus Quotes
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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You are seeking a knot in a bulrush.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Let deeds match words.
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I had a regular battle with the dunghill-cock.
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Keep what you have; the known evil is best.
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Nam multa praeter spem, scio, multis bona evenisse. At ego etiam qui speraverint, spem decepisse multos.
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Feliciter is sapit, qui alieno periculo sapit.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Amor et melle et felle est faecundissimus.
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Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
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Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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Facias ipse quod faciamus nobis suades.
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Quod tuum’st, meum’st; omne meum est autem tuum.
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Victi vicimus
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It is well for one to know more than he says.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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The chap that endures hard knocks like a man enjoys a soft time later on.
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Flight without feathers is not easy.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Non tibi illud apparere, si sumas, potest, nisi tu immortale rere esse argentum tibi. Sero atque stulte, prius quod cautum oportuit, postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat.