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" A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother. "

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" Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune. "

" The fool knows after he's suffered. "

" It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. "

" Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. "

" The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest. "

" Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds. "

" Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart. "

" A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage. "

" Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet. "

" At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late. "

" Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it. "

" Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame. "

" If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. "

" Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin. "

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" He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. "

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" He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. "

" We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. "

" False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth. "

" Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. "

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" For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one. "

" If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. "

" Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit. "

" When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. "

" Never make a companion equal to a brother. "