If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
PLAUTUSLet not your expenditure exceed your income.
More Plautus Quotes
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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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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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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I am myself my own commander.
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