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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Anand Thakur
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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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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How great in number are the little minded men.
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That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
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One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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The evil that we know is best.
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There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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