That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
PLAUTUSWhere there are friends there is wealth.
More Plautus Quotes
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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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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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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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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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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You drown him by your talk.
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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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All men love themselves.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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To 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.
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