Plautus Quotes

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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

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Winning, Games, Loses

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

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Sheep, Conflict, Far Away

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

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Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend

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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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Done, Favour, Ethics

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

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Life, Falling In Love, Fate

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

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Kindness, Favors, Ill

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If you speak insults you will hear them also.

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Insults You, Insult, Speak

"Pseudolus". Act IV. 7. 77,

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

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Men, Relative, Despised

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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

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Unexpected, Results, Exception

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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.

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Rich, Become Rich, Dues

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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.

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Learning, Life Is, Thorough

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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.

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Eye, Gossip, Witness

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

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Cheerful, Advantage, Disposition

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Worthy things happen to the worthy.

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Perseverance, Worthy, Happens

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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

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Wisdom, Reality, Age

"Trinummus". Play by Plautus, Act II, sc. 2, line 88,

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A man with courage has every blessing.

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Blessing, Men

Titus Maccius Plautus (2012). “Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives”, p.146, tredition

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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

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Patience, Wisdom, Be Patient

"The Rope". Play by Plautus, 211 BC.

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

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Men, Mind, Guilt

"Mostellaria". Play by Plautus, Act III. 1. 13,

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

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Excess, Trouble, Middle

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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

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Blessing, Appreciate, Lost

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

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Men, Favors, Return

"Persa". V, 1, 10,

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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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Brother, Badness, Knows

Titus Maccius Plautus (2012). “Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives”, p.492, tredition

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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.

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Arrogance, Prosperity

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Where there are friends there is wealth.

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Friendship, Relationship, Real Friends

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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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Business, Men, Venture

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Born: 254 BC
Died: 184 BC
Occupation: Playwright
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