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.
PLAUTUSYou have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Always bring money along with your complaints.
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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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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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