I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
PLAUTUSIn grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Let deeds match words.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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