To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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Anand Thakur
Good things soon find a purchaser.
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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Insult Talk Willing Yourself
The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Animal Away Wolf
Fire is next akin to smoke.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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Deserve Worth
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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Practice Preach Yourself
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Bury Genius Greatness Often
The gods play games with men as balls.
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Ball Game God Man Play
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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