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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.

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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Anand Thakur
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Fate Jealous Noble Pity
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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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
Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.
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Anand Thakur
Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
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In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Anand Thakur
The noblest of the elements is water.
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Anand Thakur
Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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Anand Thakur
Water is the best of all things.
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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.

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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.

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