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Where There Are Sheep, The Wolves Are Never Very Far Away.

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

Always Bring Money Along With Your Complaints.

The Greatest Talents Often Lie Buried Out Of Sight.

He Who Dies For Virtue Does Not Perish.

Unexpected Results Are The Rule Rather Than The Exception.

He Whom The Gods Love Dies Young, Whilst He Is Full Of Health, Perception, And Judgment. [lat., Quem Dii Diligunt, Adolescens Moritur, Dum Valet, Sentit, Sapit.]

If You Want To Do Something, Do It!

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

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.]

Worthy Things Happen To The Worthy.

To Snatch The Worm From The Trap.

Not By Age But By Capacity Is Wisdom Acquired.

Enemies Carry A Report In Form Different From The Original.

All Men Love Themselves.

That Wife Is An Enemy To Her Husband Who Is Given In Marriage Against Her Will.

Where There Are Friends There Is Wealth.

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

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.

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

We Only Appreciate The Comforts Of Life In Their Loss.

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

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

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

How Great In Number Are The Little Minded Men

Because Those, Who Twit Others With Their Faults, Should Look At Home.

Your Piping-hot Lie Is The Best Of Lies.

Riches, Rightly Used, Breed Delight.

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.

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

Disgrace Is Immortal, And Living Even When One Thinks It Dead.

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

The Man Who Masters His Own Soul Will Forever Be Called Conqueror Of Conquerors.

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

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

Let Deeds Match Words.

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

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

I Suspect That Hunger Was My Mother.

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

Keep What You Have Got; The Known Evil Is Best. [lat., Habeas Ut Nactus; Nota Mala Res Optima Est.]

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

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

He Whom The Gods Love Dies Young.

A Mouse Relies Not Solely On One Hole.

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

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

You Love A Nothing When You Love An Ingrate.

Where There Are Sheep, The Wolves Are Never Very Far Away.

The Stronger Always Succeeds.

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.

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

The Bell Never Rings Of Itself; Unless Some One Handles Or Moves It It Is Dumb.

In Everything The Middle Road Is Best.

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

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.

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

Never Speak Ill Of An Absent Friend.

Absent Mindedness

A Word To The Wise Is Sufficient

Arrogance Is The Outgrowth Of Prosperity.

No One Can Be So Welcome A Guest That He Will Not Become An Annoyance When He Has Stayed Three Continuous Days In A Friend's House. [lat., Hospes Nullus Tam In Amici Hospitium Diverti Potest, Quin Ubi Triduum Continuum Fuerit Jam Odiosus Siet.

To Love Is Human, It Is Also Human To Forgive.

Courage Is To Take Hard Knocks Like A Man When Occasion Calls.

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

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.]

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.

How Often The Highest Talent Lurks In Obscurity.

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.]

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

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

Courage In Danger Is Half The Battle.

I've Seen Many Men Avoid The Region Of Good Advice Before They Were Really Near It.

It Is Difficult To Fly Without Wings.

It Is Best To Know The Worst At Once.

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

He Can Do Most Who Has Most Power.

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

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

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

A Woman Finds It Much Easier To Do Ill Than Well. [lat., Mulieri Nimio Male Facere Melius Est Onus, Quam Bene.]

Feast To-day Makes Fast To-morrow. Lat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Women Have Many Faults, But The Worst Of Them All Is That They Are Too Pleased With Themselves And Take Too Little Pains To Please The Men.

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

It Well Becomes A Young Man To Be Modest.

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

I Count Him Lost, Who Is Lost To Shame.

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

He That Would Eat The Nut Must Crack The Shell.

A Mouse Does Not Rely On Just One Hole.

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

In Grasping At Uncertainties We Lost That Which Is Certain.

There Is Indeed A God That Hears And Sees Whate'er We Do. [lat., Est Profecto Deus, Qui, Quae Nos Gerimus, Auditque Et Videt.]

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

It Is Easier To Begin Well Than To Finish Well.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lost Friendship

To Make Any Gain Some Outlay Is Necessary.

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

A Woman Without Paint Is Like Food Without Salt.

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

Besides That, When Elsewhere The Harvest Of Wheat Is Most Abundant, There It Comes Up Less By One-fourth Than What You Have Sowed. There, Methinks, It Were A Proper Place For Men To Sow Their Wild Oats, Where They Would Not Spring Up.

Feast Today Makes Fast Tomorrow

Good Things Soon Find A Purchaser.

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

Modesty Should Accompany Youth.

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.]

You Will Not Be A Chip The Richer.

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

No Man Is Wise Enough By Himself.

A Woman Smells Well When She Smells Of Nothing.

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

A Mouse Never Entrusts His Life To Only One Hole.

We Are Pouring Our Words Into A Sieve, And Lose Our Labor. [lat., In Pertusum Ingerimus Dicta Dolium, Operam Ludimus.]

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

Let Us Celebrate The Occasion With Wine And Sweet Words.

Ones Oldest Friend Is The Best.

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

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

Conquered, We Conquer.

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

In Everything The Middle Course Is The Best; Everything In Excess Brings Trouble.

Good Merchandise, Even Hidden, Soon Finds Buyers.

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

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

Good Courage In A Bad Affair Is Half Of The Evil Overcome.

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.]

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

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

Falling In Love

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

Spice A Dish With Love And It Pleases Every Palate.

Confidence Begets Confidence. Courage, An Independent Spark From Heaven's Bright Throne, By Which The Soul Stands Raised, Triumphant, High, Alone. Courage In Danger Is Half The Battle.

The Evil That We Know Is Best.

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

I Love Truth And Wish To Have It Always Spoken To Me: I Hate A Liar. [lat., Ego Verum Amo, Verum Volo Mihi Dici; Mendacem Odi.]

Fire Is Next Akin To Smoke.

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.]

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.]

It Does Not Matter A Feather Whether A Man Be Supported By Patron Or Client, If He Himself Wants Courage. [lat., Animus Tamen Omnia Vincit. Ille Etiam Vires Corpus Habere Facit.]

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

If You Say Hard Things You Must Expect To Hear Them In Return.

A Man With Courage Has Every Blessing.

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

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

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.]

For Nobody Is Curious, Who Isn't Malevolent.

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.

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

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

Flying Without Feathers Is Not Easy: My Wings Have No Feathers.

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

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

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

Fortitude Is A Great Help In Distress.

The Gods Play Games With Men As Balls.

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

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.]

Whatever Disgrace We May Have Deserved, It Is Almost Always In Our Power To Re-establish Our Character.

Practice Yourself What You Preach.

Practice What You Preach

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

It Is Much Easier To Begin Than To End.

He Gains Wisdom In A Happy Way, Who Gains It By Another's Experience. [lat., Feliciter Sapit Qui Alieno Periculo Sapit.]

Courage Is Its Own Reward.

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

If You Speak Insults You Will Hear Them Also.

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.

Nothing Is More Annoying Than A Tardy Friend. [lat., Tardo Amico Nihil Est Quidquam Iniquius.]

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.

Wisdom Is Not Attained By Years, But By Ability

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

Badly Gotten, Badly Spent. [lat., Male Partum, Male Disperit.]

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

That Least Pleases Us Which Is Most Urged On Us.

To A Well Deserving Person God Will Show Favor. To An Ill Deserving Person He Will Simply Be Just.

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

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

Your Wealth Is Where Your Friends Are

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

Every One Can Remember That Which Has Interested Himself.

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

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

Bad Conduct Soils The Finest Ornament More Than Filth.

Wine Is A Cunning Wrestler.

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.]

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

Laws Are Subordinate To Custom.

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

And One Eye-witness Weighs More Than Ten Hear-fays. Seeing Is Believing, All The World O'er.

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