We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
PLAUTUSA woman without paint is like food without salt.
More Plautus Quotes
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If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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