A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
PLAUTUSFeast today makes fast tomorrow.
More Plautus Quotes
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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