The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Anand Thakur
The stronger always succeeds.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Bad Spent
Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Anand Thakur
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
You will stir up the hornets.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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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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Day Willing Yourself
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Blame Home Mistake Point
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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The evil that we know is best.
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Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.
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