It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
PLAUTUSTo an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
More Plautus Quotes
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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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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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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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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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