The evil that we know is best.
PLAUTUSIf you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
More Plautus Quotes
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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