Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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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 as lead.
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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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