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In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. [Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu; Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.] - Poenulus (I, 2, 29) [Moderation] There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it. [Non enim potest quaestus consistere, si eum sumptus superat.] - Poenulus (I, 2, 74) [Business] A good disposition I far prefer to gold; for gold is the gift of fortune; goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate. [Lat., Bono ingenio me esse ornatam, quam auto multo mavolo. Aurum fortuna invenitur, natura ingenium donum. Bonam ego, quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo. - Poenulus (I, 2, 90) [Goodness] Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend. [Lat., Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius.] - Poenulus (III, 1, 1) [Delay] Badly gotten, badly spent. [Lat., Male partum, male disperit.] - Poenulus (IV, 2, 22) [Possession] Ill gotten is ill spent. [Lat., Male partum male disperit.] - Poenulus (IV, 2, 22) [Evil] Women have many faults, but of the many this is the greatest, that they please themselves too much, and give too little attention to pleasing the men. [Lat., Multa sunt mulierum vitia, sed hoc e multis maximum, Cum sibi nimis placent, nimisque operam dant ut placeant viris.] - Poenulus (V, 4, 33) [Women] Let deeds correspond with words. [Lat., Dictis facta suppetant.] - Pseudolus (act I, 1) [Deeds] If you speak insults you will hear them also. [Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.] - Pseudolus (act IV, 7, 77) [Insult] Woe to the vanquished! [Lat., Vae victis.] - Pseudolus (act V) [Victory] This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler. [Lat., Magnum hoc vitium vino est, Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est.] - Pseudolus (act V, 1, 5) [Wine and Spirits] We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor. [Lat., In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium, operam ludimus.] - Pseudolus (I, 3, 135) [Words] Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears. [Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, Si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant, Gestores linguis, auditores auribus.] - Pseudolus (I, 5, 12) [Slander] Courage in danger is half the battle. [Lat., Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.] - Pseudolus (I, 5, 37) [Courage] In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. [Lat., Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus.] - Rudens (act III, 1, 1) [Gods] Keep what goods the Gods provide you. - Rudens (act IV, sc. 8), (Riley's translation) [Gods] For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed. [Lat., Nam multa praeter spem scio multis bona evenisse, At ego etiam qui speraverint, spem decepisse multos.] - Rudens (II, 3, 69) [Hope] Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils. [Lat., E malis multis, malum, quod minimum est, id minimum est malum.] - Stichus (act I, 2) [Evil] Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts. [Lat., Paupertas . . . omnes artes perdocet.] - Stichus (act II, 1) [Poverty] I suspect that hunger was my mother. [Lat., Famem fuisse suspicor matrem mihi.] - Stichus (act II, 1, 1) [Hunger] Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. - idea found in Stichus (IV, 1, 16) [Friends] He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors. [Lat., Victor victorum cluet.] - Trinummus (act II, 2) [Conquest] What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours. - Trinummus (act II, sc. 2), (Riley's translation) [Possession] Keep what you have got; the known evil is best. [Lat., Habeas ut nactus; nota mala res optima est.] - Trinummus (I, 2, 25) [Contentment : Evil] He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock. [Lat., Qui in amore praecipitavit pejus perit, quam si saxo saliat.] - Trinummus (II, 1, 30) [Love] Displaying page 7 of 8 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8
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