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

Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Bad Spent
Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Anand Thakur
We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.
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Labour Lose Word
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Expense Income Money Yourself
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Anand Thakur
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Man Relative Respect
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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Anand Thakur
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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Anand Thakur
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Anand Thakur
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
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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Character Fortune Jewel Myself
Your wealth is where your friends are.
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Anand Thakur
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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Anand Thakur
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
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Anand Thakur
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Love Yourself
Never speak ill of an absent friend.
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