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As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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As long as she is prudent and virtuous, a woman has enough endowment.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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'Nothing but paradise can top a true and loyal companion.'
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I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
[Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.]
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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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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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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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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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No man is wise enough by himself.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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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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21.
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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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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Conquered, we conquer.
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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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He is a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.
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You will stir up the hornets.
[Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
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A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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'He means well' is useless unless he does well.
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Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
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32.
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
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The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands.
[Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]
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If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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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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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.
[Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu;
Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.]
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And one eye-witness weighs
More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing,
All the world o'er.
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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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He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Let deeds match words.
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Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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