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> [A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/a-woman-smells-well-when-she-smells-of-nothing/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/he-who-accuses-another-of-wrong-should-look-well-into-his-own-conduct/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/it-is-wretched-business-to-be-digging-a-well-just-as-thirst-is/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/it-is-the-nature-of-the-unfortunate-to-be-spiteful-and-to-envy-those/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/a-well-balanced-mind-is-the-best-remedy-against-affliction/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [It is easier to begin well than to finish well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/it-is-easier-to-begin-well-than-to-finish-well/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/if-you-do-anything-well-gratitude-is-lighter-than-a-feather-if-you/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [ A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well. \[Lat., Mulieri nimio male facere melius est onus, quam bene.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/a-woman-finds-it-much-easier-to-do-ill-than-well-lat-mulieri-nimio/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/to-a-well-deserving-person-god-will-show-favor-to-an-ill-deserving/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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> [We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. \[Lat., Virtute ambire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/we-should-try-to-succeed-by-merit-not-by-favor-he-who-does-well-will-2/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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## Other authors on Wells

## More by Plautus

> [Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/remind-a-man-of-what-he-remembers-and-you-will-make-him-forget-it/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/arrogance-is-the-outgrowth-of-prosperity/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [I suspect that hunger was my mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/i-suspect-that-hunger-was-my-mother/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/he-is-happy-in-his-wisdom-who-has-learned-at-another-s-expense/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [He who dies for virtue does not perish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/he-who-dies-for-virtue-does-not-perish/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/the-man-who-would-be-fully-employed-should-procure-a-ship-or-a-woman/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [If you speak insults you will hear them also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/if-you-speak-insults-you-will-hear-them-also/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [ No man has perpetual good fortune. \[Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/no-man-has-perpetual-good-fortune-lat-nulli-est-homini-perpetuum-bonum/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/what-you-lend-is-lost-when-you-ask-for-it-back-you-may-find-a-friend/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/things-unhoped-for-happen-oftener-than-things-we-desire/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [“Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent (How often the greatest talents are shrouded in obscurity)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/ut-saepe-summa-ingenia-in-occulto-latent-how-often-the-greatest/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [ You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law. \[Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/you-little-know-what-a-ticklish-thing-it-is-to-go-to-law-lat-nescis/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [Modesty should accompany youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/modesty-should-accompany-youth/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/it-is-wisdom-to-think-upon-anything-before-we-execute-it/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

> [A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/a-woman-smells-well-when-she-smells-of-nothing/)

[Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/)

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