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The present will not long endure.

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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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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
If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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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?
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Endurance Errors Fortune Human Insecure Mindset
Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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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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In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.
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Day Dreams Man Shadow
Envy bestrides praise.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Fate Jealous Noble Pity
Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Anand Thakur
The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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My 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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If 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.
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Death Earth Move Sea Voice
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Anand Thakur
Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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
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.
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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

The present will not long endure.

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