The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
PLAUTUSIn everything the middle road is best.
More Plautus Quotes
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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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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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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Let deeds match words.
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Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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