To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.

Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Anand Thakur
The present will not long endure.
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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
I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Anand Thakur
Learn what you are and be such.
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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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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
Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Anand Thakur
War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Anand Thakur
With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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Anand Thakur
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence

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