Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
PLAUTUSHe who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
More Plautus Quotes
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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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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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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