Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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Anand Thakur
Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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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.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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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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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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The present will not long endure.
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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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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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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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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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