Titus Maccius Plautus

(25 votes)   Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

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(17 votes)   Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

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(236 votes)   One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.

Titus Maccius Plautus
BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(226 votes)   One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(132 votes)   This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

Titus Maccius Plautus
BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(125 votes)   What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.

Titus Maccius Plautus
BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(94 votes)   No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.

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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(94 votes)   The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(90 votes)   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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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(84 votes)   There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(81 votes)   He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(74 votes)   Laws are subordinate to custom.

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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(66 votes)   If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(60 votes)   He whom the Gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

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BC 254-184, Roman Comic Poet

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(60 votes)   Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

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