Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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The evil that we know is best.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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You drown him by your talk.
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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