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It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.

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He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Anand Thakur
Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Anand Thakur
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
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Anand Thakur
It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Anand Thakur
You will not be a chip the richer.
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Anand Thakur
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge.
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Anand Thakur
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
PLAUTUS

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
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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Anand Thakur
It is difficult to fly without wings.
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Difficult Fly Wings
Ones oldest friend is the best.
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Anand Thakur
Let deeds correspond with words.
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Action Match One Liner Word
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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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
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
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Lost Man Regard Shame
He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.
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Anand Thakur
Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.
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Animal Away Wolf
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Anand Thakur
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Anand Thakur
In everything the middle road is best.
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Best Journey Road Travel
A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.
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Balance Mindset Remedy
It is easy to rule over the good.
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Easy Goodness Rule
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Anand Thakur
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
Conquered, we conquer.
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Conquer One Liner
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

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.

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