For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUSI regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
More Plautus Quotes
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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All men love themselves.
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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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If you want to do something, do it!
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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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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