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No man is wise enough by himself.

Plautus

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUS

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
PLAUTUS

Expense Income Money Yourself
If you want to do something, do it!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In everything the middle road is best.
PLAUTUS

Best Journey Road Travel
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
PLAUTUS

Age Capacity Wisdom
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
PLAUTUS

Blame Home Mistake Point
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
PLAUTUS

Manner Mud Vulgar
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
PLAUTUS

Lost Man Regard Shame
A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
PLAUTUS

Balance Mindset Remedy
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
PLAUTUS

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

Ball Game God Man Play
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Always bring money along with your complaints.
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Complaint Money Yourself
Practice yourself what you preach.
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Practice Preach Yourself
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Easy Finding Sick
Smooth words in place of gifts.
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Gift Place Smooth Word
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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Desire Fast Known Trouble
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You will stir up the hornets.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Laws are subordinate to custom.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The stronger always succeeds.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
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Call Courage Hard Knock Occasion

No man is wise enough by himself.

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