We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUSIt is difficult to fly without wings.
More Plautus Quotes
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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Let deeds match words.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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