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

If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Hope
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
PLAUTUS

Business Master Yourself
The evil that we know is best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is difficult to fly without wings.
PLAUTUS

Difficult Fly Wings
Worthy things happen to the worthy.
PLAUTUS

Deserve Worth
The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
PLAUTUS

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

Man Relative Respect
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
PLAUTUS

Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
How great in number are the little minded men.
PLAUTUS

Greatness Man Mindset Number
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
PLAUTUS

Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom

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