Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Fate Jealous Noble Pity
I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Anand Thakur
Envy bestrides praise.
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Anand Thakur
War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Anand Thakur
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
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
Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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
Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Anand Thakur
Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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Anand Thakur
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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Anand Thakur
In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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Anand Thakur
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
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Anand Thakur
Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Anand Thakur

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