He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
PLAUTUSAll men love themselves.
More Plautus Quotes
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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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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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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