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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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The stronger always succeeds.
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Anand Thakur
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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Anand Thakur
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Expense Income Money Yourself
He means well’ is useless unless he does well.
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Condition Health Himself
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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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
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Anand Thakur
Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Anand Thakur
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Blame Home Mistake Point
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
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Hands Injustice Simplicity
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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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
To snatch the worm from the trap.
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One Liner Trap Worm
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Anand Thakur
It is best to know the worst at once.
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Best Oneself Worst
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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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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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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