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

A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The gods play games with men as balls.
PLAUTUS

Ball Game God Man Play
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
PLAUTUS

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

Celebration Sweet Wine Word
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No man is wise enough by himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Never speak ill of an absent friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
PLAUTUS

Age Capacity Wisdom
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
PLAUTUS

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

Exception Expectation Result Rule
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
PLAUTUS

Man Mistake Please Woman Worst
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
PLAUTUS

Known Man Oneself Return Worth
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
PLAUTUS

Easy Finding Sick
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
PLAUTUS

Certain Lost Unknown

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