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He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

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You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Love Yourself
Man proposes, God disposes.
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God Man Propose
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Anand Thakur
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Expense Income Money Yourself
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
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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Anand Thakur
Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Anand Thakur
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
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Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich
Smooth words in place of gifts.
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Gift Place Smooth Word
No man is wise enough by himself.
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Anand Thakur
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Animal Away Wolf
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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Anand Thakur

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

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