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Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Plautus

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
It is easy to rule over the good.
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Easy Goodness Rule
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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Desire Hope
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.
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Business Master Yourself
There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Anand Thakur
I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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Character Fortune Jewel Myself
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
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Anand Thakur
Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Anand Thakur
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Anand Thakur
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Blame Home Mistake Point
A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Balance Mindset Remedy
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
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Dumb Handle Move Ring
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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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
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
I am myself my own commander.
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Anand Thakur

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