Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUSLet deeds correspond with words.
More Plautus Quotes
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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You drown him by your talk.
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