In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Anand Thakur
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Anand Thakur
It is best to know the worst at once.
PLAUTUS

Best Oneself Worst
Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Anand Thakur
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
PLAUTUS

Exception Expectation Result Rule
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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Day Willing Yourself
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Anand Thakur
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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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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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Anand Thakur
Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Anand Thakur
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
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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Anand Thakur
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Love Yourself
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Anand Thakur

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