It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
PLAUTUSThings unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
More Plautus Quotes
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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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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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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