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How great in number are the little minded men.

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Badly gotten, badly spent.
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Bad Spent
Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
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Desire Expectation Frequent
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 play games with men as balls.
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Ball Game God Man Play
Conquered, we conquer.
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Conquer One Liner
I count him lost, who is lost to shame.
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Anand Thakur
Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.
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Blame Home Mistake Point
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
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Duty Honesty Honor Man Remember
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
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Known See Yourself
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
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Anand Thakur
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
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Anand Thakur
When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
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Anand Thakur
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
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Expense Income Money Yourself
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
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
To waste one’s breath; to pump into a sieve.
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Breathe Sieve Wasted Time

How great in number are the little minded men.

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