For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
PLAUTUSWhere there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
More Plautus Quotes
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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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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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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