Never speak ill of an absent friend.
PLAUTUSHe means well’ is useless unless he does well.
More Plautus Quotes
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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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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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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