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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.

Plautus

The gods play games with men as balls.
PLAUTUS

Ball Game God Man Play
Badly gotten, badly spent.
PLAUTUS

Bad Spent
It is best to know the worst at once.
PLAUTUS

Best Oneself Worst
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUS

Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
PLAUTUS

Man Relative Respect
For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
PLAUTUS

Dumb Handle Move Ring
How great in number are the little minded men.
PLAUTUS

Greatness Man Mindset Number
A woman without paint is like food without salt.
PLAUTUS

Paint Salt Woman
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
PLAUTUS

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

Exception Expectation Result Rule
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
PLAUTUS

Call Courage Hard Knock Occasion
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
PLAUTUS

Day Willing Yourself
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
There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.

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