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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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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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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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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There 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.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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