Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUSA woman without paint is like food without salt.
More Plautus Quotes
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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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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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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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 love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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