The gods play games with men as balls.
PLAUTUSThere are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
More Plautus Quotes
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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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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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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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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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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