He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
PLAUTUSA mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
More Plautus Quotes
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Courage is its own reward.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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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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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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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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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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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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