A word to the wise is sufficient
PLAUTUSThings we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
More Plautus Quotes
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The evil that we know is best.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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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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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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