Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUSPatience is the best remedy for every trouble.
More Plautus Quotes
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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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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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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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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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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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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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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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