I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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Anand Thakur
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
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My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
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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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If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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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.
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It 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.
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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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