Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUSI esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
PLAUTUSHe who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
PLAUTUSHow often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
PLAUTUSDo you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
PLAUTUSHe is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
PLAUTUSConsider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
PLAUTUSNothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
PLAUTUSHow great in number are the little minded men.
PLAUTUSIt is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
PLAUTUSThis is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUSHe who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUSHow bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUSLittle do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
PLAUTUSTo make any gain some outlay is necessary.
PLAUTUSThe man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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