If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
PLAUTUSTo ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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Your wealth is where your friends are.
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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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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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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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You will not be a chip the richer.
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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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