I am myself my own commander.
PLAUTUSNothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
More Plautus Quotes
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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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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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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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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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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