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Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.

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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
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Anand Thakur
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
You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
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Anand Thakur
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
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Anand Thakur
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Anand Thakur
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Bury Genius Greatness Often
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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Anand Thakur
The stronger always succeeds.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is its own reward.
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Courage One Liner Reward
Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
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Anand Thakur
The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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Anand Thakur
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage against her will.
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Anand Thakur
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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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
The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.
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Anand Thakur
It is much easier to begin than to end.
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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
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
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
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Anand Thakur
If you speak insults you will hear them also.
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Insult Talk Willing Yourself
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
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Celebration Sweet Wine Word
Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Anand Thakur
No man has perpetual good fortune.
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Anand Thakur
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
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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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