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You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.

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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
Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Anand Thakur
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
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Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
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Sufficient Wisdom Word
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Anand Thakur
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Easy Finding Sick
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Anand Thakur
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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Anand Thakur
Conquered, we conquer.
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Conquer One Liner
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Known Man Oneself Return Worth
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
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Manner Mud Vulgar
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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Beginning Easy End Start
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Laws are subordinate to custom.
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Anand Thakur
How great in number are the little minded men.
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Greatness Man Mindset Number
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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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
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
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Anand Thakur
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Anand Thakur
When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Anand Thakur
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
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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Anand Thakur
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Anand Thakur
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Learning Life Sufficient
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf
If you want to do something, do it!
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Anand Thakur

You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.

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