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Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Plautus

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
PLAUTUS

Life Mouse Oneself Trust
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
PLAUTUS

Known See Yourself
No blessing lasts forever.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is much easier to begin than to end.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The gods play games with men as balls.
PLAUTUS

Ball Game God Man Play
Let deeds correspond with words.
PLAUTUS

Action Match One Liner Word
For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
PLAUTUS

Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
Courage in danger is half the battle.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
PLAUTUS

Certain Lost Unknown
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Hope
Where there are friends there is wealth.
PLAUTUS

Friendship Wealth
In everything the middle road is best.
PLAUTUS

Best Journey Road Travel
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Man is no man, but a wolf.
PLAUTUS

Animal Man Wolf
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
PLAUTUS

Insult Talk Willing Yourself
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
PLAUTUS

Manner Mud Vulgar
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
PLAUTUS

Duty Honesty Honor Man Remember

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

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