It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.

I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
PLAUTUS

Blame Home Mistake Point
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
PLAUTUS

Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Conquered, we conquer.
PLAUTUS

Conquer One Liner
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
PLAUTUS

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
PLAUTUS

Love Yourself
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
PLAUTUS

Hands Injustice Simplicity
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUS

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

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