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Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Anand Thakur
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Day Friendship Guest Welcome
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
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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.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
PLAUTUS

Duty Honesty Honor Man Remember
Wine is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
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Anand Thakur
Practice yourself what you preach.
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Practice Preach Yourself
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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Anand Thakur
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Anand Thakur
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.
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Love Myself Talk Truth
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
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Anand Thakur
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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Anand Thakur

He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.

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