Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
PLAUTUSBadly gotten, badly spent.
More Plautus Quotes
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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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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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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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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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