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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.

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Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
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Anand Thakur
Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Anand Thakur
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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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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Anand Thakur
A good deed hidden in silence dies.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
PINDAR

Fate Jealous Noble Pity
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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Endurance Errors Fortune Human Insecure Mindset
Even genius is tied to profit.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Anand Thakur
My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence
If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
PINDAR

Anand Thakur
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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Day Dreams Man Shadow
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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Death Earth Move Sea Voice

Even success softens not the heart of the envious.

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