Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)

Modesty becomes a young man.
[Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]

Modesty becomes a young man.
[Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]

If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]

If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does
well will always have patrons enough.
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We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does
well will always have patrons enough.
[Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus.
Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.]

Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
[Lat., Hominum immortalis est infamia;
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
[Lat., Hominum immortalis est infamia;
Etiam tum vivit, cum esse credas mortuam.]

Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]

Woe to the vanquished!
[Lat., Vae victis.]