He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
PLAUTUSIn grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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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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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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