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Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

Plautus

No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
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Man Relative Respect
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Anand Thakur
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.
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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
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
PLAUTUS

Hands Injustice Simplicity
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.
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Life Mouse Oneself Trust
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Anand Thakur
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
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Anand Thakur
It is a bitter disappointment when you have sown benefits, to reap injuries.
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Benefit Bitter Disappointment Injury
All men love themselves.
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Love Man One Liner
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Breathe Sieve Wasted Time
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
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Day Friendship Guest Welcome
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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Anand Thakur

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