He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
PLAUTUSIf you speak insults you will hear them also.
More Plautus Quotes
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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I am myself my own commander.
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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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