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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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Compliment Criticism Insincere Preference
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.
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Anand Thakur
Riches, rightly used, breed delight.
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Anand Thakur
Ones oldest friend is the best.
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Anand Thakur
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.
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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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Character Deserve Disgrace Establishment Ourselves
It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.
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Anand Thakur
Courage is its own reward.
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Courage One Liner Reward
Courage easily finds its own eloquence.
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Anand Thakur
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
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Anand Thakur
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.
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Death Esteem Guilt Reason
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
He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.
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Anand Thakur
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
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Anand Thakur
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
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Anand Thakur
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.
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Anand Thakur
And one eye-witness weighs More than ten hear-fays. Seeing is believing, All the world o’er.
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Believe Eyes See World
You love a nothing when you love an ingrate.
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Love Yourself
A woman finds it much easier to do ill than well.
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Easy Finding Sick
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
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Doubt Gain Loss Occasion
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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Anand Thakur
Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
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Anand Thakur
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.
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Anand Thakur
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
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Certain Lost Unknown
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
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Anand Thakur
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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Anand Thakur
Man is no man, but a wolf.
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Animal Man Wolf

The gods play games with men as balls.

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