Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Anand Thakur
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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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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Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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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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Envy bestrides praise.
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