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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
PINDAR

Fate Jealous Noble Pity
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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God Happiness Road
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Aspiration Immortal Limitation Myself Possible Soul
Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
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
War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Anand Thakur
Learn what you are and be such.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
PINDAR

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

Anand Thakur
Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
My 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
There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Convention is the ruler of all.
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Anand Thakur

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

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