If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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Anand Thakur
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Anand Thakur
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Known See Yourself
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Anand Thakur
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Anand Thakur
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Day Friendship Guest Welcome
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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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
Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Bad Spent
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Anand Thakur
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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Anand Thakur
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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Anand Thakur

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