Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
PLAUTUSIn grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
More Plautus Quotes
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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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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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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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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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All men love themselves.
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