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Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.

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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
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
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Anand Thakur
Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.
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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
You drown him by your talk.
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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
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Anand Thakur
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Easy Finding Sick
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Anand Thakur
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Anand Thakur
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
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference

Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.

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