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.
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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.
PINDARThe days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDARNatural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
PINDARMy God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDARThere are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
PINDARHumble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
PINDARLearn what you are and be such.
PINDARThe present will not long endure.
PINDARTo our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
PINDARWater is the best of all things.
PINDAREven genius is tied to profit.
PINDARNot every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDARSkills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
PINDARPoint thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
PINDARIf 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.
PINDARThough 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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