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• It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage.
  [Lat., Animus tamen omnia vincit.
  Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.]

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  Courage, Men, Clients

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• To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.
  [Lat., Simul flare sorbereque haud facile
  Est: ego hic esse et illic simul, haud potui.]

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  Blow, Ego, Easy

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• Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.

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  Friendship, Men, Friendly

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• Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.

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  Ears, Way, Tongue

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• I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.

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  Men, Kind, Wealth

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 864-67, Aulularia, II. 2. 30, 1922.

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• I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]

  Plautus

  Undone, Ruined

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• That least pleases us which is most urged on us.

  Plautus

  Please

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• This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler.
  [Lat., Magnum hoc vitium vino est,
  Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est.]

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  Wine, Feet, Evil

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• He whom the Gods love dies young.

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  Latin, God Love, Young

  Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). “Comedies: Literally Translated Into English Prose, with Notes”, p.191

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• He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.

  Plautus

  Wisdom, Expenses

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• In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men.
  [Lat., Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus.]

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  Sports, Men, Way

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• What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
  [Lat., Quod tuum'st meum'st; omne meum est autem tuum.]

  Plautus

  Friendship, Mines

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• Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.

  Plautus

  Enemy, Rumor, Different

  "Persa". III, 1, 23,

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• It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

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  Drink, Difficult

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• The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

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  Lying, Sight, Talent

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• It well becomes a young man to be modest.

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  Men, Young, Modest

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

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

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  Deception, Trying, Protect

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

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  Men, Modesty, Young

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

  Plautus

  Home, Abuse, Looks

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• The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

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  Men, Forever, Soul

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

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  Eating, Morrow

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

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• Man proposes, God disposes.

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  God, Men, Propose

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• Smooth words in place of gifts.
  [Lat., Dicta docta pro datis.]

  Plautus

  Smooth

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• I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

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  Men, Advice, Good Advice

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• To snatch the worm from the trap.

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  Traps, Worms

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