The forehead of every work must shine from afar.

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
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.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
PINDAR

Action Lying Man Myself Speech
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Water is the best of all things.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Sweet is war to those who know it not.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
PINDAR

God Happiness Road
The test of any man lies in action.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
PINDAR

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.
PINDAR

Death Earth Move Sea Voice
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Anand Thakur
A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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Anand Thakur

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