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Laws are subordinate to custom.

Plautus

Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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Anand Thakur
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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Anand Thakur
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Anand Thakur
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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Anand Thakur
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Bury Genius Greatness Often
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Anand Thakur
How great in number are the little minded men.
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Greatness Man Mindset Number
Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Anand Thakur
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Manner Mud Vulgar
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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Fast Feast Future
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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Anand Thakur
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Anand Thakur
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Anand Thakur

Laws are subordinate to custom.

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