Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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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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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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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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All men love themselves.
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Let deeds match words.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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I am myself my own commander.
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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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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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