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

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

Anand Thakur
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
You will stir up the hornets.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Fast Known Trouble
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
PLAUTUS

Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To snatch the worm from the trap.
PLAUTUS

One Liner Trap Worm
Man is no man, but a wolf.
PLAUTUS

Animal Man Wolf
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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

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