Laws are subordinate to custom.
PLAUTUSThat man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
More Plautus Quotes
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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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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