I am myself my own commander.
PLAUTUSEvery one can remember that which has interested himself.
More Plautus Quotes
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Let deeds match words.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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You will stir up the hornets.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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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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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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