Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
PLAUTUSTo ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
More Plautus Quotes
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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