Plautus quotes - page 2

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. (Plautus)
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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The evil that we know is best.
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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
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It well becomes a young man to be modest.
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Res amicos invent.
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He's a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.
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You should not speak ill of an absent friend.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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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. (Plautus)
The valiant profit more Their country, than the finest cleverest speakers.
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Each man reaps on his own farm.
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Keep what you've got ; the evil that we know is best. (translator Thornton)
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Conquer by means of true virtue.
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The face that thou shalt smite in earnest is bound thereafter to be boneless.
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In re mala animo si bono utare, adjuvat.
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These things are not for the best, nor as I think they ought to be; but still they are better than that which is downright bad. (translator Henry Thomas Riley)
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To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.
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You are seeking a knot in a bulrush.
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Nothing so wretched as a guilty conscience. (Plautus)
A mouse does not rely on just one hole. Mus uni non fidit antro.
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Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
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