In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.
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Anand Thakur
There’s no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it’s only a question of comparative badness, brother.
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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
The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.
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Anand Thakur
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
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Anand Thakur
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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Desire Hope
The stronger always succeeds.
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Anand Thakur
The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
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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
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
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Anand Thakur
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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Anand Thakur
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
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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
Good things soon find a purchaser.
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Anand Thakur
Arrogance is the outgrowth of prosperity.
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Anand Thakur

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