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

Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
PLAUTUS

Sufficient Wisdom Word
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
PLAUTUS

Blame Home Mistake Point
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

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

Dumb Handle Move Ring
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUS

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Smooth words in place of gifts.
PLAUTUS

Gift Place Smooth Word
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
PLAUTUS

Known See Yourself
Man proposes, God disposes.
PLAUTUS

God Man Propose
Man is no man, but a wolf.
PLAUTUS

Animal Man Wolf
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
PLAUTUS

Hands Injustice Simplicity
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
PLAUTUS

Character Fortune Jewel Myself

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