It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
PLAUTUSWe can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Courage is its own reward.
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You will stir up the hornets.
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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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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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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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