You drown him by your talk.
PLAUTUSWisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
More Plautus Quotes
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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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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Man proposes, God disposes.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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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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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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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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