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Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?

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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Anand Thakur
He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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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.
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Day Dreams Man Shadow
Water is the best of all things.
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Anand Thakur
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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God Happiness Road
Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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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
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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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
Even genius is tied to profit.
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Anand Thakur
Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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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
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Anand Thakur

Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?

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