Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
PLAUTUSFor nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
More Plautus Quotes
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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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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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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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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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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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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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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