No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
PLAUTUSKnow this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
More Plautus Quotes
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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You will stir up the hornets.
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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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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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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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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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