If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
PLAUTUSNo man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
More Plautus Quotes
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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