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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.

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Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Celebration Sweet Wine Word
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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In everything the middle road is best.
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Best Journey Road Travel
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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Anand Thakur
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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Football God Mortal
I am myself my own commander.
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Anand Thakur
Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
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Anand Thakur
It is easy to rule over the good.
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Easy Goodness Rule
Man proposes, God disposes.
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God Man Propose
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
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Anand Thakur
It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
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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
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
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It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.

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