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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

Plautus

Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is much easier to begin than to end.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
PLAUTUS

Known See Yourself
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
PLAUTUS

Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
PLAUTUS

Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
PLAUTUS

Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Always bring money along with your complaints.
PLAUTUS

Complaint Money Yourself
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUS

Desire Expectation Frequent
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
PLAUTUS

Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich

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