Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.

And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
PLAUTUS

Fall In Love Fate Rock Worst
To 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.
PLAUTUS

Hands Injustice Simplicity
It is best to know the worst at once.
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Best Oneself Worst
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Ones oldest friend is the best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
PLAUTUS

Death Esteem Guilt Reason
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Never speak ill of an absent friend.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
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Sufficient Wisdom Word
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Lost Man Regard Shame
You will not be a chip the richer.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

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