Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
PLAUTUSYou must spend money, if you wish to make money.
More Plautus Quotes
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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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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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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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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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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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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In everything the middle road is best.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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