It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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Anand Thakur
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
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
PLAUTUS

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
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Anand Thakur
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Celebration Sweet Wine Word
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A man with courage has every blessing.
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Blessing Courage Inspirational Man
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 play games with men as balls.
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Ball Game God Man Play
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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