And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
PLAUTUSWhatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
More Plautus Quotes
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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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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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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All men love themselves.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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