He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUSIf anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
More Plautus Quotes
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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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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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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The evil that we know is best.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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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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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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I am myself my own commander.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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