The gods play games with men as balls.

Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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The evil that we know is best.
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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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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Learning Life Sufficient
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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No blessing lasts forever.
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