When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Anand Thakur
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
PINDAREven wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
PINDARTo our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
PINDARIn all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
PINDARWe are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.
PINDARThere 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.
PINDAREven genius is tied to profit.
PINDARTo be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
PINDARI will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
PINDAROne race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
PINDARThe days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDARHumble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
PINDARWords have a longer life than deeds.
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.
PINDARWhatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
PINDARMany a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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