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Plautus


Born at Sassina, Umbria, was a comic playwright in the time of the Roman Republic.
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Plautus
In one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread with the other.
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I say, Libanus, what a poor devil a chap in love is!
Plautus
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.




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I had a regular battle with the dunghill-cock.
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Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
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You are seeking a knot in a bulrush.
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Oh, are not the pleasures in life, in this daily round, trifling compared with the pains!
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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