Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
PLAUTUSCourage is its own reward.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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You drown him by your talk.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Smooth words in place of gifts.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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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.
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