No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
PLAUTUSIn everything the middle road is best.
More Plautus Quotes
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The evil that we know is best.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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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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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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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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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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