A word to the wise is sufficient

No man has perpetual good fortune.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
PLAUTUS

Known Man Oneself Return Worth
I am myself my own commander.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
PLAUTUS

Believe Eyes See World
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
Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Where there are friends there is wealth.
PLAUTUS

Friendship Wealth
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Hope
Badly gotten, badly spent.
PLAUTUS

Bad Spent
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
PLAUTUS

Dumb Handle Move Ring
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
PLAUTUS

Animal Away Wolf
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
PLAUTUS

Life Mouse Oneself Trust

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