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.

Your wealth is where your friends are.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
PLAUTUS

Fast Feast Future
Fire is next akin to smoke.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
PLAUTUS

Business Master Yourself
How great in number are the little minded men.
PLAUTUS

Greatness Man Mindset Number
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUS

Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
PLAUTUS

Character Fortune Jewel Myself
The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
PLAUTUS

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

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
PLAUTUS

Sufficient Wisdom Word

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