Plautus Quotes - Page 11

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• A mouse relies not solely on one hole.

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  Holes, Mice, Rely

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• It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.

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  Men, Helping, Common

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• Flame is very near to smoke.

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  Fire, Flames, Smoke

  "Curculio". Act I, 1, 53,

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• The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands.
  [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]

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  Success, Hands, Hopeful

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• I suspect that hunger was my mother.

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  Mother, Hunger, Suspects

  "Stichus". Act II. 1. 1,

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• If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.

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  Hands, Suffering, Fists

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 762-63, Truculentus, IV. 2. 54, 1922.

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• It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, that sorrow follow joy.

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  Joy, Heaven, Sorrow

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• The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
  [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum;
  Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]

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  Moving, Dumb, Bells

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• To love is human, it is also human to forgive.

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  Forgiveness, Love Is, Forgiving

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• It is well for one to know more than he says.

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  Knowledge, Understanding, Wells

  "Epidicus". Play by Plautus, I. 1. 60,

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