The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
PLAUTUS

Animal Away Wolf
Practice yourself what you preach.
PLAUTUS

Practice Preach Yourself
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
PLAUTUS

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

Day Willing Yourself
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Fast Known Trouble
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
PLAUTUS

Lost Man Regard Shame
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Let deeds correspond with words.
PLAUTUS

Action Match One Liner Word
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
PLAUTUS

Known Man Oneself Return Worth

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