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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

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Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
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Anand Thakur
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Anand Thakur
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Anand Thakur
Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Anand Thakur
With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Anand Thakur
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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Anand Thakur
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Anand Thakur
Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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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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Anand Thakur
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Aspiration Immortal Limitation Myself Possible Soul
Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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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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Anand Thakur
Learn what you are and be such.
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Anand Thakur
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
Convention is the ruler of all.
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Anand Thakur
A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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Anand Thakur

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

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