It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
PLAUTUSLet not your expenditure exceed your income.
More Plautus Quotes
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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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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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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