If you speak insults you will hear them also.
PLAUTUSWhere there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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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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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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