Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUSLet us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
More Plautus Quotes
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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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The evil that we know is best.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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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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