The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
PLAUTUS

Exception Expectation Result Rule
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
PLAUTUS

Known See Yourself
If you want to do something, do it!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
PLAUTUS

Business Master Yourself
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Smooth words in place of gifts.
PLAUTUS

Gift Place Smooth Word
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
PLAUTUS

Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
PLAUTUS

Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUS

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

Blame Home Mistake Point

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