In everything the middle road is best.
PLAUTUSGood courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
More Plautus Quotes
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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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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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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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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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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