Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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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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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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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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Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
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Feast today makes fast tomorrow.
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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.
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The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Practice yourself what you preach.
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