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The test of any man lies in action.

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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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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
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
Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Anand Thakur
Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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Anand Thakur
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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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
The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.
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Anand Thakur
The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Anand Thakur
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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Anand Thakur
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Anand Thakur
The present will not long endure.
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Anand Thakur
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Anand Thakur
Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Anand Thakur
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence
A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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Anand Thakur
Water is the best of all things.
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Anand Thakur
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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God Happiness Road
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Anand Thakur
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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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.
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Anand Thakur
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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Action Lying Man Myself Speech
Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
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Anand Thakur
Convention is the ruler of all.
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Anand Thakur
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Anand Thakur
Learn what you are and be such.
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Anand Thakur

The test of any man lies in action.

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