Plautus - Man Quotes

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Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.

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Courage is the very best gift of all; courage stands before everything. It is what maintains and preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things: a man with courage has every blessing.

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Labrax: One letter more than a medical man, that's what I am.
Gripus: Then you're a mendicant?
Labrax: You've hit the point.

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Whenever a man is quartered at a friend's, if he but stay three days, his company they will grow weary of.

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The chap that endures hard knocks like a man enjoys a soft time later on.

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Man is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.

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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

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The man that comforts a desponding friend with words alone, does nothing. He's a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.

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