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

If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Anand Thakur
Convention is the ruler of all.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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Anand Thakur
Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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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.
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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.
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Anand Thakur
Water is the best of all things.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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The present will not long endure.
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Anand Thakur
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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