Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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More Plautus Quotes
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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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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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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All men love themselves.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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