Occupation: Playwright Birth: 254 Bc Death: 184 Bc
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning..
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome..
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity..
It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you..
I suspect that hunger was my mother..
The stronger always succeeds..
Fire is next akin to smoke..
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character..
He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors. [Lat., Victor victorum cluet.].
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it. [Non enim potest quaestus consistere, si eum sumptus superat.].
Never speak ill of an absent friend..
To make any gain some outlay is necessary..
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o'er..
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty..
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly..
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.].
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope..
Every one can remember that which has interested himself..
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience. [Lat., Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit.].
If you want to do something, do it!.
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate..