I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
PLAUTUSLaws are subordinate to custom.
More Plautus Quotes
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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