When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Anand Thakur
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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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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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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The present will not long endure.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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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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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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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