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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
Plautus
The evil that we know is best.
Plautus
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
Plautus
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Plautus
Res amicos invent.
Plautus
He's a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.
Plautus
You should not speak ill of an absent friend.
Plautus
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
Plautus
There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
Plautus
Each man reaps on his own farm.
Plautus
Keep what you've got ; the evil that we know is best. (translator Thornton)
Plautus
Conquer by means of true virtue.
Plautus
The face that thou shalt smite in earnest is bound thereafter to be boneless.
Plautus
In re mala animo si bono utare, adjuvat.
Plautus
These things are not for the best, nor as I think they ought to be; but still they are better than that which is downright bad. (translator Henry Thomas Riley)
Plautus
To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.
Plautus
You are seeking a knot in a bulrush.
Plautus
Nothing so wretched as a guilty conscience.
Plautus
Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
Plautus
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
Plautus
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
Plautus
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
Plautus
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Plautus
Occupation:
Roman Playwright
Born:
250 BC
Died:
184 BC
Quotes count:
114
Wikipedia:
Plautus
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