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

Badly gotten, badly spent.
PLAUTUS

Bad Spent
Fire is next akin to smoke.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
PLAUTUS

Football God Mortal
A word to the wise is sufficient
PLAUTUS

Sufficient Wisdom Word
A man with courage has every blessing.
PLAUTUS

Blessing Courage Inspirational Man
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is best to know the worst at once.
PLAUTUS

Best Oneself Worst
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
PLAUTUS

Man Mistake Please Woman Worst
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
PLAUTUS

Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
It is much easier to begin than to end.
PLAUTUS

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

Dumb Handle Move Ring

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