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2. Plautus, is that you?! Well, I don't know whether mine are that much "original" either!

Reply to BoRaGard (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 1, 2024, 04:06 PM

Dec 1

from google: "The phrase “a word to the wise is enough” is thought to have originated from Roman playwrights Titus Maccius Plautus and Publius Terentius around 200 BCE. In his play Persa (The Persian), Plautus wrote dicti sapienti sat est, which literally translates to “said to the wise enough is”."

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Resolved: That we challenge ROGAN's YouTube "wisdom" - the Marcus Aurelius edition. [View all] UTUSN Dec 1 OP

"A word to the wise is sufficient" - Smarcuss Delirious BoRaGard Dec 1 #1

Plautus, is that you?! Well, I don't know whether mine are that much "original" either! UTUSN Dec 1 #2

So, really, Yoda. dchill Dec 1 #3

Will *take* it, although in my category of Me-No-Grok (so-must-be-original-and-deep) ! UTUSN Dec 1 #4

Crybabies masquerading as stoics. Iggo Dec 1 #5

K&R for, not sure whether this describes the ROGAN-ites and ROGAN or UTUSN Dec 1 #6