Plautus Quotes
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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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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In re mala animo si bono utare, adjuvat.
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I say, Libanus, what a poor devil a chap in love is!
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Non ego omnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existimo. Scio ego, multos jam lucrum luculentos homines reddidit. Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum.
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It well becomes a young man to be modest.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
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Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.
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You miss the point? The lady that spares her lover spares herself too little.
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Ut cuique homini res parata est, firmi amici sunt : si res labat, itidem amici collabascunt. Res amicos invenit.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit.
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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Si sapias, sapias : habeus quod di dant boni.
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The valiant profit moreTheir country, than the finest cleverest speakers.