That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.

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

Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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Anand Thakur
For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Anand Thakur
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
PLAUTUS

Death Esteem Guilt Reason
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Anand Thakur
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Anand Thakur
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Anand Thakur
Let deeds correspond with words.
PLAUTUS

Action Match One Liner Word
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
PLAUTUS

Dumb Handle Move Ring
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
PLAUTUS

Exception Expectation Result Rule
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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Anand Thakur

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