To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
PLAUTUSThe gods play games with men as balls.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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