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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to
you.
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To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
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And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
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Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
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He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
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The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
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An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
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From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
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Hard cases make bad law.
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He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
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He who is first in time has the prior right.
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He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
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He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
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It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
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No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
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No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
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The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
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What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
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I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
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I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
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I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
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Idleness ruins the constitution.
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Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
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In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
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It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
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It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
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It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
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It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
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Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
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Let the poor man mind his tongue.
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Love and dignity do not dwell together.
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Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.
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Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
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Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
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My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
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Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
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No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
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No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
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Novelty in all things is charming.
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Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
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Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
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Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
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Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
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Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
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Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
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Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
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Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
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She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
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Small minds are captivated by trifles.
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