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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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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
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Anand Thakur
Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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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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Anand Thakur
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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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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Anand Thakur
Envy bestrides praise.
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Anand Thakur
The noblest of the elements is water.
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Anand Thakur
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
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.
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Anand Thakur
One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Anand Thakur
Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
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Anand Thakur
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Anand Thakur
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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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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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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