For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
PLAUTUSFeast today makes fast tomorrow.
More Plautus Quotes
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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