Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
PLAUTUSOne eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
More Plautus Quotes
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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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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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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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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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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