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
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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The noblest of the elements is water.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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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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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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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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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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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Water is the best of all things.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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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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Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
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