How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Anand Thakur
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Anand Thakur
The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Anand Thakur
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Anand Thakur
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
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Sufficient Wisdom Word
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Labour Lose Word
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Bury Genius Greatness Often
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Anand Thakur
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Known Man Oneself Return Worth
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Age Capacity Wisdom
For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Anand Thakur
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Day Friendship Guest Welcome
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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