It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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Anand Thakur
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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It is much easier to begin than to end.
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It is easy to rule over the good.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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