I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
PLAUTUSA woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
More Plautus Quotes
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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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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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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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