The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.
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Anand Thakur
The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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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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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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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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