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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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He whom the gods protect: the youth is dying whilst he is in health, and has his senses and his judgment sound.
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In one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread with the other.
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I love truth, and wish to have it always spoken to me : I hate a liar.
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For true it is, good oft befalls us when we least expect it. And true it is, that when we trust in hope, we're often disappointed.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience.
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Plautus
Born:
254 BC
Died:
184 BC
(aged 70)
Bio:
Titus Maccius Plautus, commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety.
Known for:
Amphitryon
Menaechmi
Aulularia
Pseudolus
Casina
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