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Woman is certainly the daughter of Delay personified!

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Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Animal Away Wolf
No blessing lasts forever.
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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
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
The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these things with money.
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Anand Thakur
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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Anand Thakur
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
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned.
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Anand Thakur
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
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Anand Thakur
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Anand Thakur
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Celebration Sweet Wine Word
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.
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Anand Thakur
Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Anand Thakur
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Anand Thakur
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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Anand Thakur
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
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Beginning Easy End Start
Worthy things happen to the worthy.
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Deserve Worth
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is its own reward.
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Courage One Liner Reward
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
Women have many faults, but the worst of them all is that they are too pleased with themselves and take too little pains to please the men.
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Man Mistake Please Woman Worst
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Man Relative Respect
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Anand Thakur
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Breathe Sieve Wasted Time

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