What did Plautus mean by: Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.] - Plautus Playwright · Italy Copy
+ Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Firefighter, Occasions, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Compliment, Criticism, Sincere, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ Courage in danger is half the battle. [Lat., Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Battle, Bonus, Courage, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Falling In Love, Fate, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Failure, Loss, Lost Friendship, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ If you spend a thing you can not have it. [Lat., Non tibi illud apparere si sumas potest.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Can Not, Possession, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Casts, Precipice, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Friendship, House, Travel, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin Magician · France
There was a time when the young of many clans joined together to make new clans. - Jean M. Auel Author
When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
I shall die very young…maybe seventy, maybe eighty, maybe ninety. But I shall be very young. - Jeanne Moreau Actress · France
