You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.

Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
PLAUTUS

Fast Feast Future
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
PLAUTUS

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

Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
The stronger always succeeds.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
PLAUTUS

Man Relative Respect
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Practice yourself what you preach.
PLAUTUS

Practice Preach Yourself
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUS

Desire Expectation Frequent
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
PLAUTUS

Blame Home Mistake Point
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Anand Thakur
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUS

Football God Mortal
All men love themselves.
PLAUTUS

Love Man One Liner
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Anand Thakur

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