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• Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.

  Plautus

  Greek, Gorges, Drink

  "Mostellaria" by Mostellaria, Act I, scene 1, lines 61-62,

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• The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.

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  Too Late, Cost, Substance

  Titus Maccius Plautus (1767). “Comedies of Plautus”, p.29

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• Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.

  Plautus

  Wings, Flying, Aviation

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

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• Confidence begets confidence.
  Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone.
  Courage in danger is half the battle.

  Plautus

  Independent, Heaven, Soul

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• He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.

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  Nuts, Cracks, Shells

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• Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.

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  Luck, Desire, Happens

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• The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.

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  Moving, Dumb, Bells

  "Trinummus", IV, 2, 162, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 67-69, 1922.

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• You will stir up the hornets.
  [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]

  Plautus

  Hornets, Contention

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• You drown him by your talk.

  Plautus

  Speech

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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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  Evil, Done, Bitter

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• Courage in danger is half the battle.

  Plautus

  Courage, Military, Battle

  "Pseudolus". Play by Plautus, Act I, scene 5, line 37, 191 B.C..

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• Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability

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  Wisdom, Years, Ability

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• He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment.
  [Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
  Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]

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  Death, Perception, God Love

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• This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

  Plautus

  Funny, Drinking, Wine

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• Food of Acheron. (Grave.)
  [Lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.]

  Plautus

  Graves

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• I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.)
  [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]

  Plautus

  Oil, Vain, Lost

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• He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.

  Plautus

  Deception, Trying, Protect

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• It well becomes a young man to be modest.

  Plautus

  Men, Young, Modest

  Titus Maccius Plautus (1874). “Comedies of Plautus”, p.260

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• Modesty becomes a young man.
  [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]

  Plautus

  Men, Modesty, Young

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• If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.

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  Names, Riches, Enough

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• The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

  Plautus

  Lying, Sight, Talent

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• Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

  Plautus

  Home, Abuse, Looks

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• It is difficult to fly without wings.

  Plautus

  Wings, Difficult

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• Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. Lat.

  Plautus

  Eating, Morrow

  Titus Maccius Plautus (1866). “T. Macci Plauti Aulularia”, p.118

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• Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.

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  Men, Doe, Knows

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