In everything the middle road is best.
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More Plautus Quotes
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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All men love themselves.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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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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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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