I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Man proposes, God disposes.
PLAUTUS

God Man Propose
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
PLAUTUS

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

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
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.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Ones oldest friend is the best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you want to do something, do it!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is easy to rule over the good.
PLAUTUS

Easy Goodness Rule
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

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