This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUSFlying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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You drown him by your talk.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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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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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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