The gods play games with men as balls.
PLAUTUSThe gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
More Plautus Quotes
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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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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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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You will stir up the hornets.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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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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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.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Let deeds match words.
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