To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
PLAUTUSA woman without paint is like food without salt.
More Plautus Quotes
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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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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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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