I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
PLAUTUSMan is no man, but a wolf.
More Plautus Quotes
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If you want to do something, do it!
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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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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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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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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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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