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Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
