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Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
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A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things.
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Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly.
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An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
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Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
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Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
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Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
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How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
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If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.
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In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
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It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.
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It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
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It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
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Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
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Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.
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Never promise more than you can perform.
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Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.
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Tis foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.
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To-day is the pupil of yesterday.
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We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.
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You should not live one way in private, another in public.
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