Boy, you're like a horse. Just now sated with seed, You've come back to my stable, Yearning for a good rider, fine meadow, An icy spring, shady …

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Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.

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Ram, ass, and horse, my Kyrnos, we look over With care, and seek good stock for good to cover; And yet the best men make no argument, But wed, for…

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The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.

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Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !

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Unless the gods deceive my mind , That man is forging fetters for himself.

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Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.

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Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.

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One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

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