There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
PLAUTUSTo snatch the worm from the trap.
More Plautus Quotes
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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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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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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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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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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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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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Courage is its own reward.
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