Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUSIn misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
More Plautus Quotes
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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