There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
PLAUTUSThe 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.
More Plautus Quotes
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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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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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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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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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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