He who dies for virtue does not perish.

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

Desire Expectation Frequent
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is difficult to fly without wings.
PLAUTUS

Difficult Fly Wings
Never speak ill of an absent friend.
PLAUTUS

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

Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUS

Labour Lose Word
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I am myself my own commander.
PLAUTUS

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

Beginning Easy End Start
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
PLAUTUS

Day Friendship Guest Welcome

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