If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
PLAUTUSA woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
More Plautus Quotes
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Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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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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A man with courage has every blessing.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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