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Never speak ill of an absent friend.

Plautus

You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Love Yourself
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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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
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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Man Mistake Please Woman Worst
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
A word to the wise is sufficient
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Sufficient Wisdom Word
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Dumb Handle Move Ring
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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Duty Honesty Honor Man Remember
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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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
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Anand Thakur
Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Bad Spent
The evil that we know is best.
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Anand Thakur

Never speak ill of an absent friend.

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