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What You Lend Is Lost; When You Ask For It Back, You May Find A Friend Made An Enemy By Your Kindness. If You Begin To Press Him Further, You Have The Choice Of Two Things - Either To Lose Your Loan Or Lose Your Friend.

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What You Lend Is

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What You Lend Is Lost; When You Ask For It Back, You May Find A Friend Made An Enemy By Your Kindness. If You Begin To Press Him Further, You Have The Choice Of Two Things - Either To Lose Your Loan Or Lose Your Friend.

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Wisdom Is Not Attained By Years, But By Ability

The Gods Give That Man Some Profit To Whom They Are Propitious. [lat., Cui Homini Dii Propitii Sunt Aliquid Objiciunt Lucri.]

I Regard That Man As Lost, Who Has Lost His Sense Of Shame.

No Man Will Be Respected By Others Who Is Despised By His Own Relatives.

He Is A Friend Who, In Dubious Circumstances, Aids In Deeds When Deeds Are Necessary.

The Prudent Man Really Frames His Own Fortunes For Himself.

He Who Seeks For Gain, Must Be At Some Expense.

Out Of Many Evils The Evil Which Is Least Is The Least Of Evils. [lat., E Malis Multis, Malum, Quod Minimum Est, Id Minimum Est Malum.]

It Is A Tiresome Way Of Speaking, When You Should Despatch The Business, To Beat About The Bush.

All Men Love Themselves.

Nothing But Heaven Itself Is Better Than A Friend Who Is Really A Friend.

It Is A Great Plague To Be Too Handsome A Man. [lat., Nimia Est Miseria Nimis Pulchrum Esse Hominem.]

It Is Not Without A Purpose When A Rich Man Greets A Poor One With Kindness.

He Whom The Gods Love Dies Young.

Things We Do Not Expect, Happen More Frequently Than We Wish.

I Trust No Rich Man Who Is Officiously Kind To A Poor Man.

Find Me A Reasonable Lover Against His Weight In Gold.

Nothing Is More Wretched Than The Mind Of A Man Conscious Of Guilt.

It Is Only When We Have Lost Them That We Fully Appreciate Our Blessings.

Always Bring Money Along With Your Complaints.

It Is The Nature Of The Unfortunate To Be Spiteful, And To Envy Those Who Are Well To Do.

One Eye-witness Is Of More Weight Than Ten Hearsays. Those Who Hear, Speak Of Shat They Have Heard; Whose Who See, Know Beyond Mistake. [lat., Pluris Est Oculatus Testis Unus, Quam Auriti Decem. Qui Audiunt, Audita Dicunt; Qui Vident, Plane Sciunt.]

Food Of Acheron. (grave.) [lat., Pabulum Acheruntis.]

Even The Whole Of Life Is Not Sufficient For Thorough Learning.

If You Are Content, You Have Enough To Live Comfortably.

Laws Are Subordinate To Custom.

He Who Is Most On His Guard Is Often Himself Taken In.

He Is Hailed A Conqueror Of Conquerors. [lat., Victor Victorum Cluet.]

He Who Falls In Love Meets A Worse Fate Than He Who Leaps From A Rock.

Falling In Love

It Is Best To Know The Worst At Once.

The Fool Too Late, His Substance Eaten Up, Reckons The Cost.

I Had Much Rather Be Adorned By Beauty Of Character Than By Jewels. Jewels Are The Gift Of Fortune, Character Comes From Within.

A Mouse Never Entrusts His Life To Only One Hole.

He Who Accuses Another Of Wrong Should Look Well Into His Own Conduct.

Man's Fortune Is Usually Changed At Once; Life Is Changeable. [lat., Actutum Fortunae Solent Mutarier; Varia Vita Est.]

The Woman Who Has The Best Perfume Is She Who Has None.

As Long As She Is Wise And Good, A Girl Has Sufficient Dowry.

This Is The Great Fault Of Wine; It First Trips Up The Feet: It Is A Cunning Wrestler.

It Wasn't For Nothing That The Raven Was Just Now Croaking On My Left Hand.

Every One Can Remember That Which Has Interested Himself.

To An Honest Man, It Is An Honor To Have Remembered His Duty.

One Eye Witness Is Better Than Ten Hear Sayers.

It Is Difficult To Fly Without Wings.

You Drown Him By Your Talk.

Man Is Not Man, But A Wolf To Those He Does Not Know.

You Little Know What A Ticklish Thing It Is To Go To Law. [lat., Nescis Tu Quam Meticulosa Res Sit Ire Ad Judicem.]

In Misfortune If You Cultivate A Cheerful Disposition You Will Reap The Advantage Of It.

The Gods Play Games With Men As Balls.

If You Do Anything Well, Gratitude Is Lighter Than A Feather; If You Give Offense In Anything, People's Wrath Is As Heavy As Lead.

It Is Easier To Begin Well Than To Finish Well.

The Day, Water, Sun, Moon, Night - I Do Not Have To Purchase These Things With Money.

All Good Men And Women Should Be On Their Guard To Avoid Guilt, And Even The Suspicion Of It.

Woman Is Certainly The Daughter Of Delay Personified!

Fortitude Is A Great Help In Distress.

In Grasping At Uncertainties We Lost That Which Is Certain.

Modesty Becomes A Young Man. [lat., Adolescentem Verecundum Esse Decet.]

It Is Wretched Business To Be Digging A Well Just As Thirst Is Mastering You.

The Greatest Talents Often Lie Buried Out Of Sight.

How Often We See The Greatest Genius Buried In Obscurity!

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The Evil That We Know Is Best.

To Snatch The Worm From The Trap.

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.

Smooth Words In Place Of Gifts. [lat., Dicta Docta Pro Datis.]

In Everything The Middle Road Is Best.

It Is Wisdom To Think Upon Anything Before We Execute It.

Little Do You Know What A Gloriously Uncertain Thing Law Is.

He That's In Love, I' Faith, Even If He Is Hungry, Isn't Hungry At All.

Give Assistance, And Receive Thanks Lighter Than A Feather: Injure A Man, And His Wrath Will Be Like Lead.

Fortune Moulds And Circumscribes Human Affairs As She Pleases. [lat., Fortuna Humana Fingit Artatque Ut Lubet.]

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.]

Love Has Both Its Gall And Honey In Abundance: It Has Sweetness To The Taste, But It Presents Bitterness Also To Satiety.

He Is Happy In His Wisdom Who Has Learned At Another's Expense.

I Seek The Utmost Pleasure And The Least Pain.

To Waste One's Breath; To Pump Into A Sieve.

I Have Taken A Wife, I Have Sold My Sovereignty For A Dowry. [lat., Uxorem Accepi, Dote Imperium Vendidi.]

Know Not What You Know, And See Not What You See. [lat., Etiam Illud Quod Scies Nesciveris; Ne Videris Quod Videris.]

Do You Never Look At Yourself When You Abuse Another Person?

The Mind Is Hopeful; Success Is In God's Hands. [lat., Sperat Quidem Animus: Quo Eveniat, Diis In Manu Est.]

No Man Has Perpetual Good Fortune. [lat., Nulli Est Homini Perpetuum Bonum.]

If You Speak Insults You Will Hear Them Also.

Nothing Is There More Friendly To A Man Than A Friend In Need.

How Bitter It Is To Reap A Harvest Of Evil For Good That You Have Done! [lat., Ut Acerbum Est, Pro Benefactis Quom Mali Messem Metas!]

A Man With Courage Has Every Blessing.

Let Deeds Match Words.

No Blessing Lasts Forever.

Your Tittle-tattlers, And Those Who Listen To Slander, By My Good Will Should All Be Hanged - The Former By Their Tongues, The Latter By The Ears.

That Man Will Never Be Unwelcome To Others Who Makes Himself Agreeable To His Own Family.

You Will Stir Up The Hornets. [lat., Irritabis Crabones.]

That Man Is Worthless Who Knows How To Receive A Favor, But Not How To Return One.

Man Proposes, God Disposes.

Flame Is Very Near To Smoke.

The Gods Confound The Man Who First Found Out How To Distinguish Hours! Confound Him, Too, Who In This Place Set Up A Sun-dial, To Cut And Hack My Days So Wretchedly Into Small Portions.

I Esteem Death A Trifle, If Not Caused By Guilt.

Courage Easily Finds Its Own Eloquence.

I Am Myself My Own Commander. [lat., Egomet Sum Mihi Imperator.]

Let A Man Who Wants To Find Abundance Of Employment Procure A Woman And A Ship: For No Two Things Do Produce More Trouble If You Begin To Equip Them; Neither Are These Two Things Ever Equipped Enough.

Not By Age But By Capacity Is Wisdom Acquired.

Ah Yes, The Gods Use Us Mortals As Footballs!

It Is Easy To Rule Over The Good.

I Have Lost My Oil And My Labor. (labored In Vain.) [lat., Oleum Et Operam Perdidi.]

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.

I Know That We Women Are All Justly Accounted Praters; They Say In The Present Day That There Never Was In Any Age Such A Wonder To Be Found As A Dumb Woman. [lat., Nam Multum Loquaces Merito Omnes Habemus, Nec Mutam Profecto Repertam Ullam Esse Hodie Dicunt Mulierem Ullo In Seculo.]

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It Is Not Fair To Treat As Serious That Which Is Only Said In Joke.

If You Strike The Goads With Your Fists, Your Hands Suffer Most.

How Great In Number Are The Little Minded Men

I Am Undone! I Have Smashed The Waggon. [i Have Ruined All.]

The Sea Is Certainly Common To All.

You Will Not Be A Chip The Richer.

If You Are Wise, Be Wise; Keep What Goods The Gods Provide You.

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It Is Customary These Days To Ignore What Should Be Done In Favour Of What Pleases Us.

There's No Such Thing, You Know, As Picking Out The Best Woman: It's Only A Question Of Comparative Badness, Brother.

We Should Try To Succeed By Merit, Not By Favor. He Who Does Well Will Always Have Patrons Enough. [lat., Virtute Ambire Oportet, Non Favitoribus. Sat Habet Favitorum Semper, Qui Recte Facit.]

Where There Are Friends There Is Wealth.

What Is Yours Is Mine, And All Mine Is Yours.

He Is A Friend Indeed Who Proves Himself A Friend In Need.

A Good Disposition I Far Prefer To Gold; For Gold Is The Gift Of Fortune; Goodness Of Disposition Is The Gift Of Nature. I Prefer Much Rather To Be Called Good Than Fortunate.

And So It Happens Oft In Many Instances; More Good Is Done Without Our Knowledge Than By Us Intended. [lat., Itidemque Ut Saepe Jam In Multis Locis, Plus Insciens Quis Fecit Quam Prodens Boni.]

It Is Our Human Lot, It Is Heaven's Will, That Sorrow Follow Joy.

A Well-balanced Mind Is The Best Remedy Against Affliction.

If I Can Only Keep My Good Name, I Shall Have Riches Enough.

He Who Has In Due Season Become Rich, Unless He Saves In Due Season, Will In Due Season Starve.

It Is Well For One To Know More Than He Says.

Your Piping-hot Lie Is The Best Of Lies.

No Guest Is So Welcome In A Friend's House That He Will Not Become A Nuisance After Three Days.

Slander-mongers And Those Who Listen To Slander, If I Had My Way, Would All Be Strung Up, The Talkers By The Tongue, The Listeners By The Ears.

Worthy Things Happen To The Worthy.

Poverty Is A Thorough Instructress In All The Arts. [lat., Paupertas . . . Omnes Artes Perdocet.]

I Count Him Lost, Who Is Lost To Shame. [lat., Nam Ego Illum Periisse Duco, Cui Quidem Periit Pudor.]

Enemies Carry A Report In Form Different From The Original.

It Is Sheer Folly To Take Unwilling Hounds To The Chase.

The Stronger Always Succeeds.

Unexpected Results Are The Rule Rather Than The Exception.

There Are Occasions When It Is Undoubtedly Better To Incur Loss Than To Make Gain.

Lost Friendship

Never Speak Ill Of An Absent Friend.

Absent Mindedness

There Are Games In Which It Is Better To Lose Than Win.

Let Deeds Correspond With Words. [lat., Dictis Facta Suppetant.]

The Man Who Would Be Fully Employed Should Procure A Ship Or A Woman, For No Two Things Produce More Trouble.

Vulgarity Of Manners Defiles Fine Garments More Than Mud.

It Is Difficult To Whistle And Drink At The Same Time.

Men Understand The Worth Of Blessings Only When They Have Lost Them.

Tattletales, And Those Who Listen To Their Slander, By My Good Will, Should All Be Hanged. The Former By Their Tongues, The Latter By Their Ears. [lat., Homines Qui Gestant, Quique Auscultant Crimina, Si Meo Arbitratu Liceat, Omnes Pendeant Gestores Linguis, Auditores Auribus.]

He Who Would Eat The Kernel, Must Crack The Shell. [lat., Qui E Nuce Nucleum Esse Vult, Frangat Nucem.]

We Can More Easily Endure That Which Shames Than That Which Vexes Us.

This Is The Great Evil In Wine, It First Seizes The Feet; It Is A Cunning Wrestler. [lat., Magnum Hoc Vitium Vino Est, Pedes Captat Primum; Luctator Dolosu Est.]

Let Not Your Expenditure Exceed Your Income.

Without Feathers It Isn't Easy To Fly: My Wings Have Got No Feathers. [lat., Sine Pennis Volare Hau Facilest: Meae Alae Pennas Non Habent.] [alt., Flying Without Feathers Is Not Easy; My Wings Have No Feathers.]

Are You Not Accustomed To Look At Home, When You Abuse Others?

Man Is No Man, But A Wolf

There Can Be No Profit, If The Outlay Exceeds It. [non Enim Potest Quaestus Consistere, Si Eum Sumptus Superat.]

It Is Much Easier To Begin Than To End.

I Suspect That Hunger Was My Mother.

Every Man, However Wise, Needs The Advice Of Some Sagacious Friend In The Affairs Of Life.

'he Means Well' Is Useless Unless He Does Well.

Know This, That Troubles Come Swifter Than The Things We Desire.

Not Every Age Is Fit For Childish Sports.

Bad Conduct Soils The Finest Ornament More Than Filth.

Ones Oldest Friend Is The Best.

Things We Not Hope For Often Come To Pass Than Things We Wish.

Wine Is A Cunning Wrestler.

When You Fly From Temptation, Don't Leave A Forwarding Address. Where There's Smoke There's Fire.

Feast Today Makes Fast Tomorrow

The Poor Man Who Enters Into A Partnership With One Who Is Rich Makes A Risky Venture.

Fire Is Next Akin To Smoke.

Let Us Celebrate The Occasion With Wine And Sweet Words.

The Bell Never Rings Of Itself; Unless Some One Handles Or Moves It It Is Dumb. [lat., Nunquam Aedepol Temere Tinniit Tintinnabulum; Nisi Quis Illud Tractat Aut Movet, Mutum Est, Tacet.]

Remind A Man Of What He Remembers, And You Will Make Him Forget It.

He Can Do Most Who Has Most Power.

If Anything Is Spoken In Jest, It Is Not Fair To Turn It To Earnest.

We Only Appreciate The Comforts Of Life In Their Loss.

In Wondrous Ways Do The Gods Make Sport With Men. [lat., Miris Modis Di Ludos Faciunt Hominibus.]

Courage Is What Preserves Our Liberty, Safety, Life, And Our Homes And Parents, Our Country And Children. Courage Comprises All Things.

Things Which You Do Not Hope Happen More Frequently Than Things Which You Do Hope.

Who Wishes To Give Himself An Abundance Of Business Let Him Equip These Two Things, A Ship And A Woman. For No Two Things Involve More Business, If You Have Begun To Fit Them Out. Nor Are These Two Things Ever Sufficiently Adorned, Nor Is Any Excess Of Adornment Enough For Them.

That Least Pleases Us Which Is Most Urged On Us.

For Nobody Is Curious, Who Isn't Malevolent.

He Who Bravely Endures Evils, In Time Reaps The Reward.

For I Know That Many Good Things Have Happened To Many, When Least Expected; And That Many Hopes Have Been Disappointed.

You Have Eaten A Meal Dangerously Seasoned. [you Have Laid Up A Grief In Store For Yourself.]

Consider The Little Mouse, How Sagacious An Animal It Is Which Never Entrusts Its Life To One Hole Only.

For Enemies Carry About Slander Not In The Form In Which It Took Its Rise . The Scandal Of Men Is Everlasting; Even Then Does It Survive When You Would Suppose It To Be Dead.

Patience Is The Best Remedy For Every Trouble.

What Is Thine Is Mine, And All Mine Is Thine. [lat., Quod Tuum'st Meum'st; Omne Meum Est Autem Tuum.]

You Must Spend Money, If You Wish To Make Money.

Courage Is Its Own Reward.

If You Squander On A Holyday, You Will Want On A Workday Unless You Have Been Sparing.

A Woman Smells Well When She Smells Of Nothing.

I Much Prefer A Compliment, Even If Insincere, To Sincere Criticism.

It Is A Bitter Disappointment When You Have Sown Benefits, To Reap Injuries.

Feast To-day Makes Fast To-morrow. [lat., Festo Die Si Quid Prodegeris, Profesto Egere Liceat Nisi Peperceris.]

He Whom The Gods Love Dies Young, While He Is In Health, Has His Senses And His Judgments Sound.

It Well Becomes A Young Man To Be Modest.

Virtue Is The Highest Reward. Virtue Truly Goes Before All Things. Liberty, Safety, Life, Property, Parents, Country, And Children Are Protected And Preserved. Virtue Has All Things In Herself; He Who Has Virtue Has All Things That Are Good Attending Him. [lat., Virtus Praemium Est Optimum. Virtus Omnibus Rebus Anteit Profecto. Libertas, Salus, Vita, Res, Parentes, Patria Et Prognati Tutantur, Servantur; Virtus Omnia In Se Habet; Omnia Assunt Bona, Quem Penes Est Vertus.]

Modesty Should Accompany Youth.

Things Unhoped For Happen Oftener Than Things We Desire.

He Who Tries To Protect Himself From Deception Is Often Cheated, Even When Most On His Guard.

Man Is A Wolf To Man. [lat., Homo Homini Lupus.]

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