I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. - Plautus
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
- Plautus
Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears. [La… - Plautus
Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ears. [La…
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock. - Plautus
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours. - Plautus
What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. - Plautus
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
If you speak insults you will hear them also. - Plautus
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away. - Plautus
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
A man with courage has every blessing. - Plautus
A man with courage has every blessing.
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person? - Plautus
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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