He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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Deserve Worth
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Anand Thakur
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Anand Thakur
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.
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Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Anand Thakur
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Anand Thakur
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
PLAUTUS

Lost Man Regard Shame
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Anand Thakur
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf
Man proposes, God disposes.
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God Man Propose
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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