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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Anand Thakur
Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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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
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
Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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Anand Thakur
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Anand Thakur
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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
May 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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Anand Thakur
Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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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
One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Anand Thakur
He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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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
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Anand Thakur
If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Anand Thakur
Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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Anand Thakur
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Anand Thakur
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
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
Water is the best of all things.
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Anand Thakur
Words have a longer life than deeds.
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Anand Thakur
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Anand Thakur
Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Anand Thakur
Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Anand Thakur

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

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