I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
PLAUTUSThings we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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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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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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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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