It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
PLAUTUSAll men love themselves.
More Plautus Quotes
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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The evil that we know is best.
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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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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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