We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUSIt is best to know the worst at once.
More Plautus Quotes
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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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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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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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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It is easy to rule over the good.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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