How great in number are the little minded men.
PLAUTUSNo one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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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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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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A word to the wise is sufficient
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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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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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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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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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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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