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

Pindar

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.
PINDAR

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
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
Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Anand Thakur
Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Anand Thakur
Even genius is tied to profit.
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Anand Thakur
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Anand Thakur
War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Anand Thakur
Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Anand Thakur
A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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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
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Anand Thakur
With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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.
PINDAR

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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