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

Pindar

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
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Anand Thakur
Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of prizes By steadfastness and strength.
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Anand Thakur
The test of any man lies in action.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Anand Thakur
War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Anand Thakur
Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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Anand Thakur
Envy bestrides praise.
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Anand Thakur
I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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God Happiness Road
If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Anand Thakur
Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
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Endurance Errors Fortune Human Insecure Mindset
With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Anand Thakur
The noblest of the elements is water.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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Anand Thakur
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Anand Thakur
Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Anand Thakur
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Anand Thakur
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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Death Earth Move Sea Voice
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence
Words have a longer life than deeds.
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Anand Thakur
To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Anand Thakur

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

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