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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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Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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Anand Thakur
Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Anand Thakur
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Anand Thakur
It is much easier to begin than to end.
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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
You will stir up the hornets.
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Anand Thakur
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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Anand Thakur
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
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Manner Mud Vulgar
Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Friendship Wealth
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich
You will not be a chip the richer.
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Anand Thakur
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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Hands Injustice Simplicity
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Anand Thakur
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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Anand Thakur
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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Anand Thakur
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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Anand Thakur
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
To snatch the worm from the trap.
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One Liner Trap Worm
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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Anand Thakur
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Anand Thakur
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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Anand Thakur

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

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