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Never make a companion equal to a brother.

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Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

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Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

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It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

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Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

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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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If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.

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It will not always be summer; build barns.

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Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

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It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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