Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
PLAUTUSIn everything the middle road is best.
More Plautus Quotes
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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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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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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