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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

I count him lost who is lost to shame.

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

Courage is what preserves our liberty safety life and our homes and parents our country and chil...

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All men love themselves.

It is a tiresome way of speaking when you should despatch the business to beat about the bush.

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.

What is thine is mine and all mine is thine.

It is easier to begin well than to finish well.

Let deeds match words.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.

Whatever disgrace we may have deserved it is almost always in our power to re-establish our charact...

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Your wealth is where your friends are.

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

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

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Always bring money along with your complaints.

Conquered, we conquer.

Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and chil...

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In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.

One eye-witness is of more weight than ten hearsays.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

If you want to do something do it!

It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.

A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

Courage is its own reward.

I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

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Plautus

Playwright

Born: 0254-01-01 BC

Died: 0184-01-01 BC

Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC – 184 BC), born at Sarsina, Emilia-Romagna, was a comic playwright in the time of the Roman Republic. The years of his life are uncertain, but his plays were first produced between about 205 BC and 184 BC.More