As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
PLAUTUSThat man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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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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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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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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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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