Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUS

Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Laws are subordinate to custom.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
PLAUTUS

Learning Life Sufficient
No blessing lasts forever.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
PLAUTUS

Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
PLAUTUS

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.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You will stir up the hornets.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
PLAUTUS

Love Yourself

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