Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
PLAUTUSYour piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
More Plautus Quotes
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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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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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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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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