Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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Anand Thakur
Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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