In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
PLAUTUSSmooth words in place of gifts.
More Plautus Quotes
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Courage is its own reward.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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Let deeds match words.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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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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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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