There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
PLAUTUSI regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
More Plautus Quotes
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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The evil that we know is best.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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