How great in number are the little minded men.
PLAUTUSEven the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
More Plautus Quotes
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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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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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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