Plautus
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
-Plautus
age
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
-Plautus
beauty
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
-Plautus
best
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
-Plautus
birthday
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
-Plautus
courage
Courage in danger is half the battle.
-Plautus
courage
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
-Plautus
courage
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
-Plautus
courage
Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.
-Plautus
death
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
-Plautus
friendship
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
-Plautus
friendship
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
-Plautus
health
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
-Plautus
money
You must spend money to make money.
-Plautus
money
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
-Plautus
patience
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
-Plautus
wisdom
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
-Plautus
wisdom
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