Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
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Anand Thakur
Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
PINDARCreatures 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.
PINDARMen are the dreams of a shadow.
PINDARA graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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.
PINDARPoint thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
PINDARWater is the best of all things.
PINDARMankind is a dream of a shadow.
PINDARTo bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
PINDAREvery gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
PINDAREnvy bestrides praise.
PINDARThough 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.
PINDARHe is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
PINDARWater is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
PINDARThe 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.
PINDARForge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
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