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A word to the wise is sufficient

Plautus

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Anand Thakur
Smooth words in place of gifts.
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Gift Place Smooth Word
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Anand Thakur
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Easy Finding Sick
It is best to know the worst at once.
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Best Oneself Worst
All men love themselves.
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Love Man One Liner
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is its own reward.
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Courage One Liner Reward
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Death Esteem Guilt Reason
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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Anand Thakur
Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Anand Thakur
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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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
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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Anand Thakur
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Anand Thakur
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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Anand Thakur
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUS

Football God Mortal
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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Anand Thakur
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Ones oldest friend is the best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you want to do something, do it!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

A word to the wise is sufficient

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