black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Plautus

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

Anand Thakur
Fire is next akin to smoke.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
PLAUTUS

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
PLAUTUS

Believe Eyes See World
Man is no man, but a wolf.
PLAUTUS

Animal Man Wolf
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Let deeds match words.
PLAUTUS

Action One Liner Word
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
PLAUTUS

Sufficient Wisdom Word
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No man has perpetual good fortune.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUS

Football God Mortal
The stronger always succeeds.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
PLAUTUS

Business Master Yourself
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
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUS

Desire Expectation Frequent
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUS

Labour Lose Word
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
PLAUTUS

Celebration Sweet Wine Word

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Plautus Quotes