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I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

Plautus

And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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Anand Thakur
Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Anand Thakur
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Learning Life Sufficient
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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Anand Thakur
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
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Anand Thakur
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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Anand Thakur
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Anand Thakur
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Anand Thakur
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Lost Man Regard Shame
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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Character Fortune Jewel Myself
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Anand Thakur

I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

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