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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.

Pindar

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
PINDAR

Aspiration Immortal Limitation Myself Possible Soul
It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
The noblest of the elements is water.
PINDAR

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
Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
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.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
The 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.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
PINDAR

Fate Jealous Noble Pity
Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Envy bestrides praise.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Even genius is tied to profit.
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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