Plautus Quotes
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Animus aequus optimus est aerumnae condimentum.
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Si animus est aequus tibi, satis habes, qui bene vitam colas.
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Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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It was not for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.
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Bibite ! pergraecamini ! Este ! effercite vos !
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Quasi piscis itidem est amator lenae: nequam est nisi recens.1
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Ne male loquare absenti amico.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Nihil est miserius, quam animus hominis conscius.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
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You must spend money to make money.
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Nequam illud verbum‘st, Bene vult, nisi qui bene facit.
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Satin parva res est voluptatum in vita atque in aetate agunda praequam quod molestum est?
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Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
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Each man reaps on his own farm.
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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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Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.