To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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Anand Thakur
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
PINDARNatural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
PINDARUnsung, the noblest deed will die.
PINDARA good deed hidden in silence dies.
PINDARWith our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
PINDARWater is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
PINDARHumble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
PINDARTo be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
PINDAROne race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
PINDARI will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
PINDARSweet is war to those who know it not.
PINDARThough 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.
PINDARSkills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
PINDARMan’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
PINDARFor lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
PINDARCreatures 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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