There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUSConquered, we conquer.
More Plautus Quotes
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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You will stir up the hornets.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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