Plautus Quotes
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame. [Lat., Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor.]
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done! [Lat., Ut acerbum est, pro benefactis quom mali messem metas!]
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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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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.]
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Flame is very near to smoke.
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You drown him by your talk.
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How great in number are the little minded men
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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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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Man proposes, God disposes.
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What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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If you spend a thing you can not have it. [Lat., Non tibi illud apparere si sumas potest.]
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What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. [Lat., Quod tuum'st meum'st; omne meum est autem tuum.]
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.
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