How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!

To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUS

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
PLAUTUS

Insult Talk Willing Yourself
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
PLAUTUS

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

Celebration Sweet Wine Word
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Where there are friends there is wealth.
PLAUTUS

Friendship Wealth
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
PLAUTUS

Lost Man Regard Shame
No man is wise enough by himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Smooth words in place of gifts.
PLAUTUS

Gift Place Smooth Word
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In everything the middle road is best.
PLAUTUS

Best Journey Road Travel
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

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