Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
PLAUTUS

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

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
The evil that we know is best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
PLAUTUS

Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You will not be a chip the richer.
PLAUTUS

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

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

Life Mouse Oneself Trust
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUS

Labour Lose Word
You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
PLAUTUS

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

Man Relative Respect

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