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Titus Maccius Plautus
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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That's a miserable and cursed word, to say I had, when what I have is nothing.
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All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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A good disposition I far prefer to gold for gold is the gift of fortune goodness of disposition is the gift of nature. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.
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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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The mind is hopeful success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]
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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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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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The Bell never rings of itself unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb. [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]
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It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage. [Lat., Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.]
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.
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