The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
PLAUTUSCourage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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The gods play games with men as balls.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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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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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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