I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
PLAUTUSArrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
More Plautus Quotes
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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