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The present will not long endure.

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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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Anand Thakur
Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Anand Thakur
Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of prizes By steadfastness and strength.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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God Happiness Road
Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
The present will not long endure.
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Anand Thakur
If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
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Death Earth Move Sea Voice
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Anand Thakur
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Fate Jealous Noble Pity
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
PINDAR

Action Lying Man Myself Speech
Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
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Anand Thakur
To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Anand Thakur

The present will not long endure.

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