We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUSCourage in danger is half the battle.
More Plautus Quotes
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Let deeds match words.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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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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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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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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