I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.

There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Anand Thakur
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Anand Thakur
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
PLAUTUS

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

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

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Anand Thakur
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Anand Thakur
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Anand Thakur
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Anand Thakur
There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Anand Thakur
The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Anand Thakur
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Labour Lose Word
If you want to do something, do it!
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