Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUSLet deeds correspond with words.
More Plautus Quotes
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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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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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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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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