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

Plautus

The evil that we know is best.
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Anand Thakur
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Blame Home Mistake Point
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Animal Away Wolf
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
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Sufficient Wisdom Word
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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Desire Fast Known Trouble
You will not be a chip the richer.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
PLAUTUS

Celebration Sweet Wine Word
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUS

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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Anand Thakur
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Certain Lost Unknown
There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Anand Thakur
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Anand Thakur

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

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