Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
PLAUTUSIf you speak insults you will hear them also.
More Plautus Quotes
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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Conquered, we conquer.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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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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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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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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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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