Badly gotten, badly spent.

One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is difficult to fly without wings.
PLAUTUS

Difficult Fly Wings
No man has perpetual good fortune.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUS

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
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
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
PLAUTUS

Man Relative Respect
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
PLAUTUS

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
PLAUTUS

Celebration Sweet Wine Word
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
PLAUTUS

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

Call Courage Hard Knock Occasion
Courage is its own reward.
PLAUTUS

Courage One Liner Reward
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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Anand Thakur

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