The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
PLAUTUSHow often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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If you want to do something, do it!
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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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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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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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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No man is wise enough by himself.
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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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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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A man with courage has every blessing.
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