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.

Convention is the ruler of all.
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Anand Thakur
In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Water is the best of all things.
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Anand Thakur
The present will not long endure.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Anand Thakur
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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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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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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