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I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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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
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
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Anand Thakur
That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Known Man Oneself Return Worth
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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Day Willing Yourself
A man with courage has every blessing.
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Blessing Courage Inspirational Man
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Anand Thakur
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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Football God Mortal
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Certain Lost Unknown
Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.
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Learning Life Sufficient
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.
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Desire Fast Known Trouble
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Lost Man Regard Shame
Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Bad Spent
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
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Anand Thakur

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

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