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

I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
PLAUTUS

Death Esteem Guilt Reason
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
PLAUTUS

Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
A woman without paint is like food without salt.
PLAUTUS

Paint Salt Woman
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
PLAUTUS

Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Anand Thakur
Let deeds correspond with words.
PLAUTUS

Action Match One Liner Word
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
PLAUTUS

Life Mouse Oneself Trust
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUS

Desire Expectation Frequent
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
PLAUTUS

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

Celebration Sweet Wine Word

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