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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.

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And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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Believe Eyes See World
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Known Man Oneself Return Worth
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Learning Life Sufficient
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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Anand Thakur
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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Anand Thakur
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Anand Thakur
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Anand Thakur
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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Anand Thakur
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Life Mouse Oneself Trust
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Insult Talk Willing Yourself
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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It is best to know the worst at once.
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Best Oneself Worst
No blessing lasts forever.
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Anand Thakur
There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Anand Thakur

That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.

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