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.
PLAUTUSNo guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
More Plautus Quotes
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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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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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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