For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUSThe Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
More Plautus Quotes
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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You drown him by your talk.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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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.
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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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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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