Plautus

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"For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent."

"Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend."

"Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things."

"A mouse does not rely on just one hole."

"Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words."

"There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother."

"The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money."

"'He means well' is useless unless he does well."

"Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish."

"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble."

"Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life."

"No blessing lasts forever."

"Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know."

"A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole."

"Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

"Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers."

"I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within."

"The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight."

"The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture."