If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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