Let deeds correspond with words.
PLAUTUSI much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
More Plautus Quotes
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Courage is its own reward.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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