In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
PLAUTUSEven the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
More Plautus Quotes
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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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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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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The evil that we know is best.
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