I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUSUnexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
More Plautus Quotes
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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Courage is its own reward.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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