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I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

Plautus

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.
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Fall In Love Fate Rock Worst
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Life Mouse Oneself Trust
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Anand Thakur
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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Anand Thakur
Courage in danger is half the battle.
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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
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.
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Anand Thakur
Man proposes, God disposes.
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God Man Propose
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Bury Genius Greatness Often
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
For nobody is curious, who isn’t malevolent.
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Anand Thakur
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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Anand Thakur
To snatch the worm from the trap.
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One Liner Trap Worm
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
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Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
The evil that we know is best.
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Anand Thakur

I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

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