It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
PLAUTUSEven the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
More Plautus Quotes
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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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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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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 gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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