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I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

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Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Anand Thakur
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Known See Yourself
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Anand Thakur
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Certain Lost Unknown
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
You drown him by your talk.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Animal Away Wolf
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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Anand Thakur
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Lost Man Regard Shame
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Man Relative Respect
Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Anand Thakur
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Death Esteem Guilt Reason
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Day Friendship Guest Welcome
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Anand Thakur
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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Football God Mortal
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
PLAUTUS

Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Anand Thakur
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Anand Thakur
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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Anand Thakur
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Anand Thakur
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Anand Thakur
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

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