black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Never speak ill of an absent friend.

Plautus

The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
PLAUTUS

Day Friendship Guest Welcome
Ones oldest friend is the best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Where there are friends there is wealth.
PLAUTUS

Friendship Wealth
When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
PLAUTUS

Known See Yourself
I am myself my own commander.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Badly gotten, badly spent.
PLAUTUS

Bad Spent
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
PLAUTUS

Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich
Let deeds match words.
PLAUTUS

Action One Liner Word
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUS

Desire Expectation Frequent
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you want to do something, do it!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
PLAUTUS

Fall In Love Fate Rock Worst
No man is wise enough by himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The evil that we know is best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
PLAUTUS

Sufficient Wisdom Word
Always bring money along with your complaints.
PLAUTUS

Complaint Money Yourself

Never speak ill of an absent friend.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Never speak ill of an absent friend.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Plautus Quotes