Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUSHe who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
More Plautus Quotes
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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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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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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