Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.

Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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Anand Thakur
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Anand Thakur
It is difficult to fly without wings.
PLAUTUS

Difficult Fly Wings
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
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Anand Thakur
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To snatch the worm from the trap.
PLAUTUS

One Liner Trap Worm
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
PLAUTUS

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

Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
No blessing lasts forever.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Certain Lost Unknown
No man is wise enough by himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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Anand Thakur
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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Character Fortune Jewel Myself
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur

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