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Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

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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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Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome
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
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Anand Thakur
In everything the middle road is best.
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Best Journey Road Travel
I am myself my own commander.
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Anand Thakur
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
Laws are subordinate to custom.
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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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Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
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Anand Thakur
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Anand Thakur
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.
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Day Willing Yourself
Without feathers it isn’t easy to fly: my wings have got no feathers.
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Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
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Anand Thakur
If you want to do something, do it!
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Anand Thakur
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
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Anand Thakur
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.
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Anand Thakur

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

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