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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.

Pindar

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
Even genius is tied to profit.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Envy bestrides praise.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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
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 be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
PINDAR

Fate Jealous Noble Pity
Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
The present will not long endure.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
I will be small in small things, great among great.
PINDAR

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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