In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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Anand Thakur
In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men’s troubles and that will comfort you.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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