If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
PLAUTUSIt is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
More Plautus Quotes
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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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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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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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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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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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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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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