The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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Anand Thakur
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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Advantage One Liner Silence
The workman still is greater than his work.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Person Quick Rich
How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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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
The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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One Liner Silence
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
Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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Better Knowledge Known
It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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