That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
PLAUTUSRiches, rightly used, breed delight.
More Plautus Quotes
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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You drown him by your talk.
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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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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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