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A woman without paint is like food without salt.

Plautus

For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Anand Thakur
In everything the middle road is best.
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Best Journey Road Travel
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
PLAUTUS

Labour Lose Word
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
PLAUTUS

Day Friendship Guest Welcome
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
PLAUTUS

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

Anand Thakur
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Dumb Handle Move Ring
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
PLAUTUS

Exception Expectation Result Rule
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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Anand Thakur
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
PLAUTUS

Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Man Relative Respect
Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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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.
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Man Mistake Please Woman Worst

A woman without paint is like food without salt.

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