To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
PLAUTUSTo make any gain some outlay is necessary.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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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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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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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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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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You drown him by your talk.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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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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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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