Wine is a cunning wrestler.

One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Anand Thakur
It is much easier to begin than to end.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
PLAUTUS

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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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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Anand Thakur
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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Beginning Easy End Start
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Easy Finding Sick
In everything the middle road is best.
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Best Journey Road Travel
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
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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Ones oldest friend is the best.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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