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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.

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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
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Sufficient Wisdom Word
It is best to know the worst at once.
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Best Oneself Worst
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Anand Thakur
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Man Relative Respect
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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Character Fortune Jewel Myself
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Known See Yourself
Fortitude is a great help in distress.
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Anand Thakur
Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Anand Thakur
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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Business Master Yourself
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Anand Thakur
How great in number are the little minded men.
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Greatness Man Mindset Number
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Lost Man Regard Shame

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