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

Plautus

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Anand Thakur
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
PLAUTUS

Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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Anand Thakur
It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
PLAUTUS

Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
Man proposes, God disposes.
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God Man Propose
In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.
PLAUTUS

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

Labour Lose Word
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
PLAUTUS

Day Willing Yourself
Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Anand Thakur
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Manner Mud Vulgar
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur

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

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