Share this page: Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non movit. A man is a wolf, and not a man, to another man, for as long as he doesn't know what he is like. -- Asinaria, line 495 Quam di diligunt Adulescens moritur. He whom the gods love dies young. -- Bacchides, line 816 There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to make a loss than to make a gain. -- Captivi, act 2, scene 2 Miles gloriosus The boastful soldier. -- Title of play Simul flare sorbereque haud factus facilest. To blow and whistle at the same time is not an easy thing to do. -- Mostellaria, line 791 Dictum sapienti sat est. A sentence is enough for a sensible man. -- Persa, line 729 Note: The above quote is repeated in the form of this proverb: Verbum sapienti sat est. A word is enough for the wise. LABRAX: Immo edepol una littera plus sum quam medicus. GRIPUS: Tum tu / Medicus es? LABRAX: Tetigisti acu. LABRAX: One letter more than a medical man, that's what I am. GRIPUS: Then you're a mendicant? LABRAX: You've hit the nail on the head (literally: You have touched it with a needle). -- Rudens, line 1305 Share this page:

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