The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
PLAUTUSIn grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
More Plautus Quotes
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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You will stir up the hornets.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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