Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
PLAUTUSIt is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
More Plautus Quotes
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Let deeds match words.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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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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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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