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
Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
PINDARVarious are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
PINDARMay God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDAREven success softens not the heart of the envious.
PINDARThere 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.
PINDAREven now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
PINDARGreat deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
PINDAREvery noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
PINDARA graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
PINDAREven genius is tied to profit.
PINDARIt 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.
PINDARThe days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDARI will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
PINDARPoint thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
PINDAROf 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.
PINDARWhen men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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