It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
PLAUTUSWhatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
More Plautus Quotes
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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All men love themselves.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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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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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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