If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
PLAUTUSI love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
More Plautus Quotes
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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