It is best to know the worst at once.

It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
PLAUTUS

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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Anand Thakur
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
PLAUTUS

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

Learning Life Sufficient
The evil that we know is best.
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Anand Thakur
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
PLAUTUS

Exception Expectation Result Rule
Courage in danger is half the battle.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
PLAUTUS

Fast Feast Future
You drown him by your talk.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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Anand Thakur
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUS

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He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
PLAUTUS

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Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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Anand Thakur
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
PLAUTUS

Age Capacity Wisdom
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

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