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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

Plautus

He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
PLAUTUS

Call Courage Hard Knock Occasion
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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Anand Thakur
The evil that we know is best.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is its own reward.
PLAUTUS

Courage One Liner Reward
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
PLAUTUS

Exception Expectation Result Rule
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
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
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
PLAUTUS

Manner Mud Vulgar
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Hope
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
PLAUTUS

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

Labour Lose Word
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Fast Known Trouble
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
You will not be a chip the richer.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Ones oldest friend is the best.
PLAUTUS

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

Best Oneself Worst
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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.
PLAUTUS

Character Fortune Jewel Myself

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