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Pindar

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
PINDAR

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.
PINDAR

Death Earth Move Sea Voice
Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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Affection Gift Greatness Heaven Reality Small
Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Learn what you are and be such.
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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.
PINDAR

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.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Anand Thakur
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
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.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
PINDAR

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.
PINDAR

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
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Fate Jealous Noble Pity
A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Water is the best of all things.
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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
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Anand Thakur
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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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
If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
The test of any man lies in action.
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Anand Thakur
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence
My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur

When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.

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