The best things are the first to perish.
More Latin Proverbs:
If you say that he is guilty of ingratitude, you need say no more.Latin
No horse is so good, but that he will at times stumble.
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honours.
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Haste manages all things badly.
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To have been silent never does harm, but to have spoken does.
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It is easier to run from virtue to vice, than from vice to virtue.
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