Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.

Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
PLAUTUS

Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
PLAUTUS

Fall In Love Fate Rock Worst
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
PLAUTUS

Love Yourself
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
PLAUTUS

Exception Expectation Result Rule
It is difficult to fly without wings.
PLAUTUS

Difficult Fly Wings
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Lost Man Regard Shame
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
PLAUTUS

Death Esteem Guilt Reason
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You will stir up the hornets.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Anand Thakur
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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Anand Thakur

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