He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Anand Thakur
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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