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

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
PLAUTUS

Known See Yourself
The gods play games with men as balls.
PLAUTUS

Ball Game God Man Play
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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Anand Thakur
How great in number are the little minded men.
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Greatness Man Mindset Number
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
PLAUTUS

Duty Honesty Honor Man Remember
Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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Anand Thakur
He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
PLAUTUS

Condition Health Himself
Man proposes, God disposes.
PLAUTUS

God Man Propose
You will stir up the hornets.
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Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Anand Thakur
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
PLAUTUS

Blame Home Mistake Point
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Anand Thakur
No man is wise enough by himself.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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