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.

Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUS

Football God Mortal
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Death Esteem Guilt Reason
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Anand Thakur
No man is wise enough by himself.
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Anand Thakur
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Anand Thakur
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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Hands Injustice Simplicity
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Dumb Handle Move Ring
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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Beginning Easy End Start
Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Anand Thakur
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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Anand Thakur
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Anand Thakur
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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Anand Thakur
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Day Friendship Guest Welcome
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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