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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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Anand Thakur
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Anand Thakur
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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Anand Thakur
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
PLAUTUS

Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Always bring money along with your complaints.
PLAUTUS

Complaint Money Yourself
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Life Mouse Oneself Trust
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
PLAUTUS

Insult Talk Willing Yourself
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Anand Thakur
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Anand Thakur
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Anand Thakur
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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Desire Fast Known Trouble
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Anand Thakur
The stronger always succeeds.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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Anand Thakur
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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Anand Thakur
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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Anand Thakur
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Anand Thakur
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Anand Thakur

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

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