Occupation: Playwright Birth: 254 Bc Death: 184 Bc
He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense..
Besides that, when elsewhere the harvest of wheat is most abundant, there it comes up less by one-fourth than what you have sowed. There, methinks, i….
A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be c….
Who wishes to give himself an abundance of business let him equip these two things, a ship and a woman. For no two things involve more business, if y….
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors..
He that's in love, i' faith, even if he is hungry, isn't hungry at all..
All men love themselves..
If you spend a thing you can not have it. [Lat., Non tibi illud apparere si sumas potest.].
You drown him by your talk..
To love is human, it is also human to forgive..
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do..
He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors. [Lat., Victor victorum cluet.].
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain..
It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you..
Flame is very near to smoke..
Good things soon find a purchaser..
Smooth words in place of gifts. [Lat., Dicta docta pro datis.].
To snatch the worm from the trap..
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow. Lat..
I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.].