No man has perpetual good fortune.
PLAUTUSAnd one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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All men love themselves.
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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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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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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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No man is wise enough by himself.
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Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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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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I am myself my own commander.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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