Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUSIf you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
More Plautus Quotes
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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I am myself my own commander.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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