In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
PLAUTUSIf you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
More Plautus Quotes
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All men love themselves.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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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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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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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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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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