To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
PLAUTUSYour piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
More Plautus Quotes
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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I am myself my own commander.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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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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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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