Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men’s troubles and that will comfort you.
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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
The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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Reaction Yourself
At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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The good man makes others good.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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Love Oneself Potion
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
Nothing is more useful than silence.
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One Liner Silence
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Hairs White Wisdom
Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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