The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
PLAUTUSA contented mind is the best source for trouble.
More Plautus Quotes
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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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