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• These things are not for the best, nor as I think they ought to be
  but still they are better than that which is downright bad....
• What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours. -- Plautus (254-184 BC) -- Trinummus, Act ii, Sc.
  2, 48...
• Not by years but by disposition is wisdom acquired.
  -- Plautus (254-184 BC) -- Trinummus, Act ii, Sc. 2, 88, (367.)...
• Practice yourself what you preach. -- Titus Maccius Plautus (254?-184 B.C.)
• The gods play games with men as pieces. -- Titus Maccius Plautus (254?-184 B.C.)
• In the one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread in the other.
  -- Plautus (254-184 BC) -- Aulularia, Act ii, Sc. 2, 18, (195.)...
• No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
  -- Titus Maccius Plautus (254?-184 B.C.)...
• Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. -- Plautus (254-184 BC) -- Rudens, Act ii, Sc.
  5, 71...
• You are seeking a knot in a bulrush. -- Plautus (254-184 BC) -- Menaechmi, Act ii, Sc.
  1, 22, (247.)...