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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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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My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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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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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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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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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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