Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
PLAUTUSIt is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
More Plautus Quotes
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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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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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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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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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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