Smooth words in place of gifts.
PLAUTUSHe who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
More Plautus Quotes
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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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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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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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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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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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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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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