Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUSIt is best to know the worst at once.
More Plautus Quotes
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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You will stir up the hornets.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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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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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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