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Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.

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The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
PLAUTUS

Fast Feast Future
Let deeds correspond with words.
PLAUTUS

Action Match One Liner Word
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
PLAUTUS

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

Certain Lost Unknown
It is easy to rule over the good.
PLAUTUS

Easy Goodness Rule
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
PLAUTUS

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

Dumb Handle Move Ring
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you want to do something, do it!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
PLAUTUS

Business Master Yourself
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
PLAUTUS

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

Bury Genius Greatness Often

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