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Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)

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With his own weapon do I stab him.

With his own weapon do I stab him.

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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head
Fell carelessly behind.

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No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse read more

No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto
Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]

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To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time
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To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time
without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

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You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

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