It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
PLAUTUSHe who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
More Plautus Quotes
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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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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