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

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Anand Thakur
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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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.
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Anand Thakur
Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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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
Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Anand Thakur
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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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
I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Anand Thakur
The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Anand Thakur
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Anand Thakur
A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Anand Thakur
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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