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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Anand Thakur
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is best to know the worst at once.
PLAUTUS

Best Oneself Worst
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
Always bring money along with your complaints.
PLAUTUS

Complaint Money Yourself
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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Anand Thakur
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Where there are friends there is wealth.
PLAUTUS

Friendship Wealth
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Death Esteem Guilt Reason
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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Fast Feast Future
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
PLAUTUS

Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
No man is wise enough by himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I am myself my own commander.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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Desire Hope
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
PLAUTUS

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

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

It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

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