Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Anand Thakur
Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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