In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
PLAUTUSTo an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
More Plautus Quotes
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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