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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

The evil that we know is best.

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Laws are subordinate to custom.

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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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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

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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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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

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You must spend money to make money.

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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

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Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

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Your wealth is where your friends are.

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How great in number are the little minded men.

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Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.

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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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Flight without feathers is not easy.

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For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.

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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

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Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

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Where there are friends there is wealth.

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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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It is well for one to know more than he says.

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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

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The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

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'He means well' is useless unless he does well.

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Courage in danger is half the battle.

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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

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Keep what you have; the known evil is best.

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It well becomes a young man to be modest.

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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

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