What did Plautus mean by: No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. - Plautus Playwright · Italy Copy
+ To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Honest, Honor, 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
+ That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Favors, Return, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Wish, 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
+ Smooth words in place of gifts. [Lat., Dicta docta pro datis.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Smooth, 0 - Plautus Playwright · Italy
+ It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plautus, Serious, Treats, 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
I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Pure friendship is something which men of an inferior intellect can never taste. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face? - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
