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He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Anand Thakur
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Anand Thakur
Let deeds match words.
PLAUTUS

Action One Liner Word
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is best to know the worst at once.
PLAUTUS

Best Oneself Worst
I am myself my own commander.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
PLAUTUS

Lost Man Regard Shame
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
PLAUTUS

Insult Talk Willing Yourself
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Laws are subordinate to custom.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A woman without paint is like food without salt.
PLAUTUS

Paint Salt Woman
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
PLAUTUS

Learning Life Sufficient
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
PLAUTUS

Duty Honesty Honor Man Remember
It is difficult to fly without wings.
PLAUTUS

Difficult Fly Wings
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
PLAUTUS

Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
PLAUTUS

Manner Mud Vulgar
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
PLAUTUS

Celebration Sweet Wine Word
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No man is wise enough by himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Certain Lost Unknown
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Blame Home Mistake Point
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Anand Thakur

Man is no man, but a wolf.

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