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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.

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No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Day Friendship Guest Welcome
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Anand Thakur
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Anand Thakur
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Anand Thakur
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Anand Thakur
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Anand Thakur
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Anand Thakur
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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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
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Anand Thakur
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Anand Thakur
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Anand Thakur
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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Anand Thakur
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Lost Man Regard Shame
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Anand Thakur
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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Anand Thakur
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Expense Income Money Yourself
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Anand Thakur
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Anand Thakur
Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Friendship Wealth
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
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Anand Thakur

He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.

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