He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
PLAUTUSWhere there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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