Never speak ill of an absent friend.
PLAUTUSBadly gotten, badly spent.
More Plautus Quotes
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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