I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
PLAUTUSFeast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
More Plautus Quotes
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Courage is its own reward.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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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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The evil that we know is best.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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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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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Let deeds match words.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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