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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.

Menander

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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Anand Thakur
Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
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Anand Thakur
Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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Anand Thakur
The workman still is greater than his work.
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Anand Thakur
The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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Anand Thakur
To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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Anand Thakur
Whom the gods love dies young.
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Death God Love Young
Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Anand Thakur
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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Anand Thakur
All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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Known Man Refuge Smile
Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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Anand Thakur
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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Anand Thakur
Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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Anand Thakur
Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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Anand Thakur
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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Anand Thakur
At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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Anand Thakur
The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Anand Thakur
Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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Anand Thakur
Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Courage Endurance God Life
No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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Anand Thakur
He who labors diligently need never despair.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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Reaction Yourself
Silence is often advantageous.
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Advantage One Liner Silence
Nothing is more useful than silence.
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One Liner Silence
Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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Anand Thakur
How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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Anand Thakur
Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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Chance God Kind Observation Preserve

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