If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Anand Thakur
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Manner Mud Vulgar
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Let deeds correspond with words.
PLAUTUS

Action Match One Liner Word
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
PLAUTUS

Beginning Easy End Start
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
PLAUTUS

Blame Home Mistake Point
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
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Anand Thakur
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Death Esteem Guilt Reason
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Anand Thakur
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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Believe Eyes See World
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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Anand Thakur
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Anand Thakur
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Anand Thakur

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