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Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.

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Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
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Exception Expectation Result Rule
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
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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 tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
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Anand Thakur
Know not what you know, and see not what you see.
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Anand Thakur
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Anand Thakur
Where there are friends there is wealth.
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Friendship Wealth
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
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Anand Thakur
It is best to know the worst at once.
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Best Oneself Worst
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
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Anand Thakur
That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.
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Anand Thakur
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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Anand Thakur
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
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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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

Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.

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