He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
PLAUTUSIt is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
More Plautus Quotes
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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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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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All men love themselves.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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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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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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