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The evil that we know is best.

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Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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Man Mistake Please Woman Worst
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
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Anand Thakur
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Anand Thakur
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Animal Away Wolf
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Anand Thakur
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Anand Thakur
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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Anand Thakur
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
For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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Anand Thakur
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Insult Talk Willing Yourself
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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Anand Thakur
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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Anand Thakur

The evil that we know is best.

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