Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.

You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Love Yourself
Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Anand Thakur
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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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
You drown him by your talk.
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Anand Thakur
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Anand Thakur
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Anand Thakur
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Manner Mud Vulgar
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Anand Thakur
It is difficult to fly without wings.
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Difficult Fly Wings
No blessing lasts forever.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Anand Thakur
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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Business Master Yourself
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
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Anand Thakur
The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.
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