He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
PLAUTUSHow bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
More Plautus Quotes
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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You drown him by your talk.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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I am myself my own commander.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Courage is its own reward.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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