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• He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

  Plautus

  Love, Death, Judging

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• Man is no man, but a wolf

  Plautus

  Animal, Men

  Titus Maccius Plautus, David R. Slavitt, Smith Palmer Bovie (1995). “Plautus: The Comedies”, p.9, JHU Press

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• Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

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  Courage, Evil, Overcoming

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• It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.

  Plautus

  Water, Digging, Thirst

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 862-63, Mostellaria, II. 1. 32, 1922.

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• Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

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  Wish, Happens

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• Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

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  Happy Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding

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• It is easier to begin well than to finish well.

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  Easy, Excellent, Easier

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• If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

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  Contentment, Enough, Ifs

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 133-36, Aulularia, II. 2. 10, 1922.

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• A woman without paint is like food without salt.

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  Salt, Paint, Without Pain

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• I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

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  Beauty, Character, Jewels

  "Plautus: The little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. The rope".

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• That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.

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  Family, Men, Unwelcome

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• The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
  [Lat., Cui homini dii propitii sunt aliquid objiciunt lucri.]

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  Men, Giving, Profit

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• What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things - either to lose your loan or lose your friend.

  Plautus

  Kindness, Loss, Two

  "Trinummus". IV. 3. 43,

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• Always bring money along with your complaints.

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  Advice, Complaints

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• Practice yourself what you preach.

  Plautus

  Practice, Practice What You Preach

  Titus Maccius Plautus (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Plautus (Illustrated)”, p.91, Delphi Classics

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• He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

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  Evil, Rewards, Endure

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• Let a man who wants to find abundance of employment procure a woman and a ship: for no two things do produce more trouble if you begin to equip them; neither are these two things ever equipped enough.

  Plautus

  Men, Two, Want

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• If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.

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  Wise, God Provides, Goods

  Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). “The comedies of Plautus literally tr., with notes, by H.T. Riley”, p.121

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• To make any gain some outlay is necessary.

  Plautus

  Gains

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• A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

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  Mind, Contentment, Trouble

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• He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience.
  [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.]

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  Wisdom, Way, Gains

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• In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

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  Lost, Grasping, Certain

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• Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

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  Character, Decision, Buyers

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• Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

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  Blessing, Men, Lost

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• Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.

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  Pain, Men, Littles

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