Quotes About Plautus

#1. It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.

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#2. Flame is very near to smoke.

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#3. I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

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#4. Modesty should accompany youth.

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#5. Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.

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#6. It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, that sorrow follow joy.

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#7. Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

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#8. It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

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#9. What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.

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#10. In everything the middle road is best.

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#11. The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.

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#12. Find me a reasonable lover against his weight in gold.

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#13. It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

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#14. If you want to do something, do it!

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#15. It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.

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#16. Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.

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#17. He is a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.

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#18. I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.

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#19. If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

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#20. That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

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#21. Ones oldest friend is the best.

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#22. I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.

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#23. Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.

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#24. After all, what is money apart from what it can buy?

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#25. Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.

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#26. A man with courage has every blessing.

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#27. This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

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#28. Fortitude is a great help in distress.

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#29. In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.

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#30. Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.

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#31. It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.

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#32. No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.

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#33. Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!

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#34. If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.

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#35. In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

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#36. He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.

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#37. Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

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#38. A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
[Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.]

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#39. Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.

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#40. Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?

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#41. Food of Acheron. (Grave.)
[Lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.]

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#42. You will not be a chip the richer.

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#43. The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
[Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum;
Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]

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#44. When you fly from temptation, don't leave a forwarding address. Where there's smoke there's fire.

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#45. Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

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#46. Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

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#47. Conquered, we conquer.

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#48. That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.

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#49. Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.

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#50. I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

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#51. For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.

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#52. Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

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#53. A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.

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#54. He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

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#55. I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.)
[Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]

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#56. The evil that we know is best.

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#57. Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.

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#58. I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
[Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]

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#59. I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]

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#60. Smooth words in place of gifts.
[Lat., Dicta docta pro datis.]

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#61. The stronger always succeeds.

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#62. A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

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#63. Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

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#64. Laws are subordinate to custom.

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#65. It is difficult to fly without wings.

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#66. To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

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#67. Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears.
[Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]

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#68. Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

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#69. Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

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#70. The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

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#71. Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

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#72. I am myself my own commander.
[Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.]

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#73. To snatch the worm from the trap.

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#74. He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors.
[Lat., Victor victorum cluet.]

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#75. Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum - there are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain

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#76. To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.

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#77. Let deeds match words.

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#78. Fire is next akin to smoke.

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#79. You must spend money to make money.

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#80. Flight without feathers is not easy.

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#81. You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.]

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#82. Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

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#83. No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.

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#84. There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

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#85. Good things soon find a purchaser.

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#86. Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.

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#87. Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

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#88. Always bring money along with your complaints.

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#89. A word to the wise is enough.

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#90. It is easier to begin well than to finish well.

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#91. To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.

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#92. I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

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#93. That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.

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#94. For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.

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#95. The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.

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#96. 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.

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#97. A mouse relies not solely on one hole.

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#98. In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.
[Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu;
Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.]

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#99. The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

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#100. There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do.
[Lat., Est profecto deus, qui, quae nos gerimus, auditque et videt.]

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