The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
PLAUTUSBecause those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
More Plautus Quotes
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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