Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
PLAUTUSHow often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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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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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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