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Riches, rightly used, breed delight.

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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is easy to rule over the good.
PLAUTUS

Easy Goodness Rule
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUS

Desire Expectation Frequent
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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
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
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
PLAUTUS

Fall In Love Fate Rock Worst
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUS

Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
PLAUTUS

Man Relative Respect
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
PLAUTUS

Day Willing Yourself
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
PLAUTUS

Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
PLAUTUS

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

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
PLAUTUS

Blame Home Mistake Point

Riches, rightly used, breed delight.

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