How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUSA woman without paint is like food without salt.
More Plautus Quotes
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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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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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.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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All men love themselves.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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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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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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