Maxioms by Plautus (titus Maccius Plautus)
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a
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What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a
friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him
further, you have the choice of two things--either to lose your
loan or lose your friend.
[Lat., Si quis mutuum quid dederit, sit pro proprio perditum;
Cum repetas, inimicum amicum beneficio invenis tuo.
Si mage exigere cupias, duarum rerum exoritur optio;
Vel illud, quod credideris perdas, vel illum amicum, amiseris.]
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
[Lat., Nihil amas, cum ingratum amas.]
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
[Lat., Nihil amas, cum ingratum amas.]