Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
PLAUTUSThat which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
More Plautus Quotes
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Let deeds match words.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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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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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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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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He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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