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Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another.

Charles Caleb Colton

The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age.
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Age Old Youth
Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.
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Adversity Blessing Greatness Time
It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.
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Compose Goodness Observation Writing
Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
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Anand Thakur
We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry than conjecture.
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Effect Experience Guide Imagination
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
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Civil Lose Ourselves War
He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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Adversity Himself Known
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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Flattery Form High Imitation
As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.
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Affect Appearance Assume Best Woman
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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Conquer Grace Grant Refusal Safety Yourself
If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Anand Thakur
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
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Admire Difficult Fine Writing
The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which a person is attached and the first authority under which a person learns to live, the family establishes society’s most basic values.
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Attachment Authority Basic Establishment Family Government Person Value
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.
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Experience Himself Hope Prodigy Young
There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!
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Himself Human Listening Nature World
We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Anand Thakur

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