The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
PLAUTUS

Bury Genius Greatness Often
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUS

Labour Lose Word
No blessing lasts forever.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
PLAUTUS

Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Always bring money along with your complaints.
PLAUTUS

Complaint Money Yourself
Your wealth is where your friends are.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
PLAUTUS

Believe Eyes See World
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I am myself my own commander.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
PLAUTUS

Call Courage Hard Knock Occasion
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
PLAUTUS

Day Friendship Guest Welcome

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