And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.

Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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Anand Thakur
If you want to do something, do it!
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Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Let deeds correspond with words.
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Action Match One Liner Word
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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Deserve Worth
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf
As long as she is wise and good, a girl has sufficient dowry.
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Dowry Goodness Sufficient Wisdom
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
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
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Let deeds match words.
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Action One Liner Word
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Celebration Sweet Wine Word
Man proposes, God disposes.
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God Man Propose
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Man Relative Respect
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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