A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
PLAUTUSIf you want to do something, do it!
More Plautus Quotes
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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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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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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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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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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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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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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