Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
PLAUTUSLittle do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
More Plautus Quotes
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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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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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You drown him by your talk.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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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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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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Courage is its own reward.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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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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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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