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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.

Pindar

Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Convention is the ruler of all.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
PINDAR

Action Lying Man Myself Speech
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
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
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
PINDAR

Fate Jealous Noble Pity
One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
The present will not long endure.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Learn what you are and be such.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
PINDAR

God Happiness Road
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
PINDAR

Aspiration Immortal Limitation Myself Possible Soul

Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.

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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.

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