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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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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In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.
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He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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To snatch the worm from the trap.
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To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
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It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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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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In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.
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He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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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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A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
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All men love themselves.
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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
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