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Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!

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A woman without paint is like food without salt.
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Paint Salt Woman
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Anand Thakur
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.
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Man Mistake Please Woman Worst
It is easy to rule over the good.
PLAUTUS

Easy Goodness Rule
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
Your wealth is where your friends are.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Anand Thakur
No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Anand Thakur
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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Believe Eyes See World
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
PLAUTUS

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

Life Mouse Oneself Trust
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
PLAUTUS

Duty Honesty Honor Man Remember

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