Plautus quotes - page 4

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish. (Plautus)
Is amicus est, qui in re dubia re adjuvat. View quote
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Qui monet, quasi adjuvat. View quote
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The chap that endures hard knocks like a man enjoys a soft time later on. View quote
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Fish and guests in three days are stale. View quote
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According as men thrive, their friends are true; if their affairs go to wreck, their friends sink with them. Fortune finds friends. View quote
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For true it is, good oft befalls us when we least expect it. And true it is, that when we trust in hope, we're often disappointed. View quote
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Drink! live like the Greeks! eat! gorge!. (translator unknown) View quote
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For what is idly got is idly spent. View quote
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For him I reckon lost who's lost to shame. View quote
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But ne'ertheless reflect, the little mouse, how sage a brute it is! Who never trusts its safety to one hole : for when it finds one entrance is block'd up, it has secure some other outlet. (Plautus)
I say, Libanus, what a poor devil a chap in love is! View quote
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Whene'er a man is quartered at a friend's, if he but stay three days, his company they will grow weary of. (translator Thornton) View quote
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I had a regular battle with the dunghill-cock. View quote
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Nor do I hold that every kind of gain is always serviceable. Gain, I know, has render'd many great. But there are times when loss should be preferr'd to gain. (translator Thornton) View quote
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Our best support and succor in distress is fortitude of mind. View quote
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Man proposes, God disposes. (translated by Thornton) View quote
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You miss the point? The lady that spares her lover spares herself too little. View quote
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The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money. View quote
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Persevere in virtue and diligence. View quote
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For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent. (Plautus)
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things. View quote
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I am always afraid of your 'something shall be done'. View quote
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. View quote
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He whom the Gods love dies young. View quote
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Occupation: Roman Playwright
Born: 250 BC
Died: 184 BC
Quotes count: 114
Wikipedia: Plautus

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