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I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]

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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

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It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

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He that is in love, faith, if he be hungry, is not hungry at all.

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“After all, what is money apart from what it can buy?”

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Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.]

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Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.

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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.

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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar. [Lat., Ego verum amo, verum volo…

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Courage in danger is half the battle. [Lat., Bonus animus in mala re, dimidium est mali.]

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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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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little…

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It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.

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Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend. [Lat., Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius.]

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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

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If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.

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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.

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To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.

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To love is human, it is also human to forgive.

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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.

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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability

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For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.

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How great in number are the little minded men

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If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.

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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

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I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

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It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.

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It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.

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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.

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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.

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The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.

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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.

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I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]

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

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