We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.

The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Dumb Handle Move Ring
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Anand Thakur
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Anand Thakur
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Known See Yourself
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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Football God Mortal
Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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Anand Thakur
Smooth words in place of gifts.
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Gift Place Smooth Word
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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Desire Hope
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Anand Thakur
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Courage is its own reward.
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Courage One Liner Reward
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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