Badly gotten, badly spent.

A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Practice yourself what you preach.
PLAUTUS

Practice Preach Yourself
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Fast Known Trouble
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
PLAUTUS

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

Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
PLAUTUS

Fall In Love Fate Rock Worst
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
PLAUTUS

Celebration Sweet Wine Word
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
PLAUTUS

Certain Lost Unknown
Worthy things happen to the worthy.
PLAUTUS

Deserve Worth
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Always bring money along with your complaints.
PLAUTUS

Complaint Money Yourself

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