If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
PLAUTUSLet deeds match words.
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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You will stir up the hornets.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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