There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUSThere’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
More Plautus Quotes
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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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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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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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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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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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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