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He who dies for virtue does not perish.

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The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Dumb Handle Move Ring
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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Anand Thakur
It is best to know the worst at once.
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Best Oneself Worst
It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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Anand Thakur
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Anand Thakur
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
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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Fall In Love Fate Rock Worst
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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Anand Thakur
Man proposes, God disposes.
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God Man Propose
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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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
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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Anand Thakur
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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Anand Thakur
The stronger always succeeds.
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Anand Thakur
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Anand Thakur
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Anand Thakur
Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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Anand Thakur
It is easy to rule over the good.
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Easy Goodness Rule
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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Believe Eyes See World
The evil that we know is best.
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Anand Thakur
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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Anand Thakur
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Anand Thakur
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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Anand Thakur
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur

He who dies for virtue does not perish.

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