We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
PLAUTUSAll men love themselves.
More Plautus Quotes
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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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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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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