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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Anand Thakur
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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Anand Thakur
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Anand Thakur
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Anand Thakur
To snatch the worm from the trap.
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One Liner Trap Worm
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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Anand Thakur
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
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Anand Thakur
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
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
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Anand Thakur
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
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Anand Thakur
No blessing lasts forever.
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Anand Thakur

You must spend money, if you wish to make money.

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