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He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.

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That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one.
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Known Man Oneself Return Worth
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
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Desire Hope
How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity!
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Bury Genius Greatness Often
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
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Anand Thakur
Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
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Anand Thakur
A word to the wise is sufficient
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Sufficient Wisdom Word
Ah yes, the gods use us mortals as footballs!
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Football God Mortal
Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.
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Blessing Lose Man Understand Worth Yourself
The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
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Anand Thakur
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
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
It is wisdom to think upon anything before we execute it.
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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
How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done!
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Anand Thakur
No blessing lasts forever.
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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

He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.

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