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{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Di nos quasi pilas homines habent. The gods play games with men as balls. PLADTDS—Cap/m Prologue. XXII. | seealso = (See also {{sc|King Lear) * Cui homini dii propitii sunt aliquid objiciunt lucri. The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious. Pladtus—Persa. IV. 3. 1. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Gods | page = 323 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Miris modis Di ludos faciunt hominibus. In wondrous ways do the gods make sport with men. Plautus—Rudens. Actni. 1. 1; Mercator. Act II. | seealso = (See also {{sc|King Lear)