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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
PlautusPlautus Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PlautusPlautus A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
PlautusPlautus He who dies for virtue does not perish.
PlautusPlautus Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
PlautusPlautus Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
PlautusPlautus Never speak ill of an absent friend.
PlautusPlautus Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
PlautusPlautus The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
PlautusPlautus Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
PlautusPlautus Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
PlautusPlautus He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
PlautusPlautus The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
PlautusPlautus Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
PlautusPlautus Laws are subordinate to custom.
PlautusPlautus That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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