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"Tempore difficiles veniunt ad aratra juvenci; Tempore lenta pati frena docentur equi. In time the unmanageable young oxen come to the plough; in time the horses are taught to endure the restraining bit."
"Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy."
"Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more."
"When disposition wins us, the features please."
"What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct."
"It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears."
"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."
"Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. Finley Peter Dunne There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled."
"Keep a mid course between two extremes."
"By arts, sails, and oars, ships are rapidly moved; arts move the light chariot, and establish love. [Lat., Arte citae veloque rates remoque moventur; Arte levis currus, arte regendus Amor.]"
"Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them."
"There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies."
"Pursuits become habits."
"The dove, O hawk, that has once been wounded by thy talons, is frightened by the least movement of a wing. [Lat., Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.]"
"We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude. [Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.]"
"The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. [Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.]"
"A pleasing countenance is no light advantage."
"There will grow from straws a mighty heap."
"In an easy cause any man may be eloquent."
"The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal."