Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Plautus
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About Plautus
Titus Maccius Plautus was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. He influenced some of the greatest figures in literature, including Shakespeare and Molière.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
You must spend money to make money.
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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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.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
Courage in danger is half the battle.
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.