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Hesiod
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Neither make thy friend equal to a brother but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.
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You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
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Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.
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He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
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No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
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Bacteria: The only culture some people have.
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Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to wealth.
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For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
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So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.
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Timeliness is best in all matters.
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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.
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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.
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A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.
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The half is greater than the whole.
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There is also an evil report light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.
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Preserve the mean the opportune moment is best in all things.
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And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.
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