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We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.

Pindar

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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Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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God Happiness Road
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Anand Thakur
Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
The present will not long endure.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Anand Thakur
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Fate Jealous Noble Pity
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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Action Lying Man Myself Speech
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Anand Thakur
Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Anand Thakur
Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Anand Thakur
Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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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.
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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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