There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
PLAUTUSHe who dies for virtue does not perish.
More Plautus Quotes
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Courage is its own reward.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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The evil that we know is best.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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