Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.

Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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Anand Thakur
Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Anand Thakur
Convention is the ruler of all.
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Anand Thakur
Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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Anand Thakur
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Fate Jealous Noble Pity
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
Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Anand Thakur
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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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
Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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