Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
PLAUTUSThat man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
More Plautus Quotes
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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