He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Anand Thakur
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Anand Thakur
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Insult Talk Willing Yourself
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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Anand Thakur
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Anand Thakur
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
Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!
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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Life Mouse Oneself Trust
You will stir up the hornets.
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Anand Thakur
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Anand Thakur
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
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Anand Thakur
You will not be a chip the richer.
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