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There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Life Mouse Oneself Trust
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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Man Mistake Please Woman Worst
I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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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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Anand Thakur
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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Anand Thakur
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Death Esteem Guilt Reason
Fire is next akin to smoke.
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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
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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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
No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Anand Thakur
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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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
You will stir up the hornets.
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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
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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Anand Thakur

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

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