Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You will not be a chip the richer.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Man proposes, God disposes.
PLAUTUS

God Man Propose
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
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
Let deeds match words.
PLAUTUS

Action One Liner Word
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Badly gotten, badly spent.
PLAUTUS

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

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
PLAUTUS

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

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A woman without paint is like food without salt.
PLAUTUS

Paint Salt Woman

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