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Men are the dreams of a shadow.

Pindar

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
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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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.
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Anand Thakur
Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Anand Thakur
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Anand Thakur
Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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Anand Thakur
Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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
Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Anand Thakur
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
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Anand Thakur
To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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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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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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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.
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Anand Thakur
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
Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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Anand Thakur

Men are the dreams of a shadow.

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