Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUSThat man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
More Plautus Quotes
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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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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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