A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
PLAUTUS- 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.
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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.
More Plautus Quotes
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
PLAUTUSFeast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
PLAUTUSTo snatch the worm from the trap.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
PLAUTUSYou little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
PLAUTUSIt is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
PLAUTUSLet not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
PLAUTUSMan proposes, God disposes.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
PLAUTUSWhere there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
PLAUTUSThere’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
PLAUTUSThat wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
PLAUTUSIt is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
PLAUTUSHe who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
PLAUTUSNot by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
PLAUTUSTo ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
PLAUTUSA well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
PLAUTUSWhatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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