There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUSNot by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
More Plautus Quotes
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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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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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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