To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
PLAUTUSIt is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
More Plautus Quotes
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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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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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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The evil that we know is best.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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