There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
PINDAREven wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
PINDARMan’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
PINDARMay God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDARThere 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.
PINDARIt is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.
PINDARThough 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.
PINDAREven now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
PINDAROften silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDARHe is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
PINDARForge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
PINDARLaw, the king of all mortals and immortals.
PINDARConvention is the ruler of all.
PINDARNot every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDARWords have a longer life than deeds.
PINDARIn all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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