It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.

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

Anand Thakur
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
PLAUTUS

Beginning Easy End Start
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You drown him by your talk.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
PLAUTUS

Call Courage Hard Knock Occasion
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Man proposes, God disposes.
PLAUTUS

God Man Propose
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
PLAUTUS

Manner Mud Vulgar
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
PLAUTUS

Bury Genius Greatness Often
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
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

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