He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Anand Thakur
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Man proposes, God disposes.
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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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It is difficult to fly without wings.
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You must spend money, if you wish to make money.
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It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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