The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
PLAUTUSNo 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.
More Plautus Quotes
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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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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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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