He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUSThe Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
More Plautus Quotes
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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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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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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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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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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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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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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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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