It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
PLAUTUSDisgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
More Plautus Quotes
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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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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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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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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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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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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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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