It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush. — Plautus Copy Share Image
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience. [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue,… — Plautus Copy Share Image
In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. [Lat., Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble. — Plautus Copy Share Image
No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you… — Plautus Copy Share Image
“Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent (How often the greatest talents are shrouded in obscurity)” — Plautus Copy Share Image
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. [Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
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