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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

Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Anand Thakur
Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Anand Thakur
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
The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Anand Thakur
The noblest of the elements is water.
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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
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Aspiration Immortal Limitation Myself Possible Soul
Envy bestrides praise.
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Anand Thakur
War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Anand Thakur
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
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Anand Thakur
Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.
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Anand Thakur
A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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Anand Thakur
With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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God Happiness Road
The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Anand Thakur
May 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
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
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
Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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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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Day Dreams Man Shadow
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Anand Thakur
Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Anand Thakur
Even genius is tied to profit.
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Anand Thakur
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Anand Thakur
The test of any man lies in action.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Anand Thakur
If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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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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