Man is wolf to man.

Plautus in Asinaria (195 B.C.)
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A mouse does not rely on just one hole.

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For nobody is curious, who isn't malevolent.

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"He means well" is useless unless he does well.

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'He means well' is useless unless he does well.

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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.

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The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.

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Aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues.
("Puppies and pigs have a very different smell.")

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There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

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