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Plautus quotes: No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives. No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
Plautus quotes: How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done![Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!] How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
[Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!]
Plautus quotes: Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum - there are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum - there are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain
Plautus quotes: The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble. The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
Plautus quotes: Man's fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.[Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.] Man's fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
[Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.]
Plautus quotes: Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish. Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
Plautus quotes: It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time. It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
Plautus quotes: It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries. It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
Plautus quotes: In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble. In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
Plautus quotes: The sea is certainly common to all. The sea is certainly common to all.
Plautus quotes: To snatch the worm from the trap. To snatch the worm from the trap.
Plautus quotes: Your wealth is where your friends are. Your wealth is where your friends are.
Plautus quotes: Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only. Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
Plautus quotes: Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hangedthe former by their tongues, the latter by the ears. Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged
the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.
Plautus quotes: To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly. To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
Plautus quotes: I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.[Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.] I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
[Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]
Plautus quotes: A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction. A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
Plautus quotes: He whom the Gods love dies young. He whom the Gods love dies young.
Plautus quotes: The gods play games with men as balls The gods play games with men as balls
Plautus quotes: Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge. Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
Plautus quotes: Where there are friends there is wealth. Where there are friends there is wealth.
Plautus quotes: It is difficult to fly without wings. It is difficult to fly without wings.
Plautus quotes: He can do most who has most power. He can do most who has most power.
Plautus quotes: He that would eat the nut must crack the shell. He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
Plautus quotes: I suspect that hunger was my mother. I suspect that hunger was my mother.
Plautus quotes: Man is no man, but a wolf Man is no man, but a wolf
Plautus quotes: You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.[Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.] You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
[Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.]
Plautus quotes: There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother. There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
Plautus quotes: Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability. Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Plautus quotes: Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them. Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
Plautus quotes: If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably. If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
Plautus quotes: Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.[Lat., Paupertas ... omnes artes perdocet.] Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
[Lat., Paupertas ... omnes artes perdocet.]
Plautus quotes: You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.] You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.]
Plautus quotes: There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
Plautus quotes: I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.] I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Plautus quotes: Conquered, we conquer. Conquered, we conquer.
Plautus quotes: Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things. Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
Plautus quotes: You will stir up the hornets.[Lat., Irritabis crabones.] You will stir up the hornets.
[Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
Plautus quotes: Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning. Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
Plautus quotes: He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
Plautus quotes: He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in. He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
Plautus quotes: You drown him by your talk. You drown him by your talk.
Plautus quotes: In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it. In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
Plautus quotes: Let deeds match words. Let deeds match words.
Plautus quotes: Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies. Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
Plautus quotes: The evil that we know is best. The evil that we know is best.
Plautus quotes: Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it. Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
Plautus quotes: It is best to know the worst at once. It is best to know the worst at once.
Plautus quotes: Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire. Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
Plautus quotes: A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole. A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
Plautus quotes: If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice. If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
Plautus quotes: This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler. This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
Plautus quotes: Courage in danger is half the battle. Courage in danger is half the battle.
Plautus quotes: He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience.[Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.] He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience.
[Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]
Plautus quotes: Let not your expenditure exceed your income. Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Plautus quotes: How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity. How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
Plautus quotes: There are games in which it is better to lose than win. There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Plautus quotes: Every one can remember that which has interested himself. Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
Plautus quotes: Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know. Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
Plautus quotes: He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense. He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.
Plautus quotes: That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will. That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
Plautus quotes: A woman smells well when she smells of nothing. A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.
Plautus quotes: I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.[Lat., Ego verum amo, verum volo mihi dici; mendacem odi.] I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
[Lat., Ego verum amo, verum volo mihi dici; mendacem odi.]
Plautus quotes: He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.
Plautus quotes: Good things soon find a purchaser. Good things soon find a purchaser.
Plautus quotes: To love is human, it is also human to forgive. To love is human, it is also human to forgive.
Plautus quotes: If you speak insults you will hear them also. If you speak insults you will hear them also.
Plautus quotes: To make any gain some outlay is necessary. To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
Plautus quotes: Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity. Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
Plautus quotes: Flight without feathers is not easy. Flight without feathers is not easy.
Plautus quotes: A man with courage has every blessing. A man with courage has every blessing.
Plautus quotes: As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry. As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
Plautus quotes: Worthy things happen to the worthy. Worthy things happen to the worthy.
Plautus quotes: I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain. I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
Plautus quotes: Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead. Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
Plautus quotes: I am myself my own commander.[Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.] I am myself my own commander.
[Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.]
Plautus quotes: Courage easily finds its own eloquence. Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
Plautus quotes: The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself. The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
Plautus quotes: What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours. What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
Plautus quotes: It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it. It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
Plautus quotes: Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls. Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
Plautus quotes: He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve. He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
Plautus quotes: Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away. Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
Plautus quotes: It is well for one to know more than he says. It is well for one to know more than he says.
Plautus quotes: A word to the wise is sufficient A word to the wise is sufficient
Plautus quotes: Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire. Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
Plautus quotes: It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings. It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
Plautus quotes: Food of Acheron. (Grave.)[Lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.] Food of Acheron. (Grave.)
[Lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.]
Plautus quotes: Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others? Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Plautus quotes: It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke. It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
Plautus quotes: Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need. Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
Plautus quotes: I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man. I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
Plautus quotes: If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you. If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
Plautus quotes: Always bring money along with your complaints. Always bring money along with your complaints.
Plautus quotes: To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve. To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.
Plautus quotes: It is easy to rule over the good. It is easy to rule over the good.
Plautus quotes: It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you. It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.
Plautus quotes: It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness. It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
Plautus quotes: A mouse relies not solely on one hole. A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
Plautus quotes: It is good to love in a moderate degree; but it is not good to love to distraction. It is good to love in a moderate degree; but it is not good to love to distraction.

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