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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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Courage is its own reward.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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The stronger always succeeds.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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