The evil that we know is best.
PLAUTUSIt is easy to rule over the good.
More Plautus Quotes
-
-
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
PLAUTUS -
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
PLAUTUS -
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
PLAUTUS -
Fire is next akin to smoke.
PLAUTUS -
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
PLAUTUS -
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
PLAUTUS -
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
PLAUTUS -
For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUS -
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
PLAUTUS -
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
PLAUTUS -
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUS -
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
PLAUTUS -
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
PLAUTUS -
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
PLAUTUS -
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
PLAUTUS