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.
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Anand Thakur
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.
PLAUTUSWithout feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
PLAUTUSA woman without paint is like food without salt.
PLAUTUSIt is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
PLAUTUSMan proposes, God disposes.
PLAUTUSIf you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
PLAUTUSKeep what you have got; the known evil is best.
PLAUTUSFor nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUSWine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUSThings we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUSIt is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
PLAUTUSWhen you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
PLAUTUSDo you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
PLAUTUSLove has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
PLAUTUSLet deeds match words.
PLAUTUSTo ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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