03c. 219 BCThese things are not for the best, nor as I think they ought to be; but still they are better than that which is downright bad.Plautus / quote ↗
06c. 219 BCIn the one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread in the other.Plautus / quote ↗
08c. 219 BCIt was not for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.Plautus / quote ↗
09c. 219 BCThere are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.Plautus / quote ↗
12c. 219 BCConsider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.Plautus / quote ↗
14c. 219 BCThings which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.Plautus / quote ↗
20c. 219 BCThose men who carry about and who listen to accusations, should all be hanged, if so it could be at my decision—the carriers by their tongues, the listeners by their ears.Plautus / quote ↗
22c. 219 BCEvery man, however wise, sometimes requires the advice of a friend in the affairs of life.Plautus / quote ↗
