The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
PLAUTUSIt is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
More Plautus Quotes
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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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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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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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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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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