Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
PLAUTUSMen understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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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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He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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All men love themselves.
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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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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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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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