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Famous quotes by Playwrights

"It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish"
Aeschylus, Playwright
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"God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"For children preserve the fame of a man after his death"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors"
Aeschylus, Playwright
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"We shall perish by guile just as we slew"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"It is good even for old men to learn wisdom"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"God loves to help him who strives to help himself"
Aeschylus, Playwright
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"For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"For hostile word, let hostile word be paid"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Aeschylus
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"Persevere in virtue and diligence"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"The evil that we know is best"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"Let deeds match words"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"Laws are subordinate to custom"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"It well becomes a young man to be modest"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"It is well for one to know more than he says"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"How great in number are the little minded men"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"'He means well' is useless unless he does well"
Plautus, Playwright
Plautus
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"Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers"
Plautus, Playwright
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