For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUSThe gods play games with men as balls.
More Plautus Quotes
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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