No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
PLAUTUSBecause those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
More Plautus Quotes
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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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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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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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All men love themselves.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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