We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.

The stronger always succeeds.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No blessing lasts forever.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Courage in danger is half the battle.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
PLAUTUS

Deserve Worth
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
PLAUTUS

Death Esteem Guilt Reason
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In everything the middle road is best.
PLAUTUS

Best Journey Road Travel
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
PLAUTUS

Hands Injustice Simplicity
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
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
PLAUTUS

Lost Man Regard Shame
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

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