Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
PLAUTUSYou must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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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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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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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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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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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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Practice yourself what you preach.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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