Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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No 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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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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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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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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The stronger always succeeds.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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