Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

You will not be a chip the richer.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No man has perpetual good fortune.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
PLAUTUS

Fast Feast Future
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
PLAUTUS

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
It is difficult to fly without wings.
PLAUTUS

Difficult Fly Wings
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
PLAUTUS

Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUS

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
PLAUTUS

Death Esteem Guilt Reason
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
PLAUTUS

Easy Finding Sick
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
PLAUTUS

Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Conquered, we conquer.
PLAUTUS

Conquer One Liner
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUS

Desire Expectation Frequent

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