The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
PLAUTUSWe are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
More Plautus Quotes
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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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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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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