Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
PLAUTUSIn grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
More Plautus Quotes
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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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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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