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

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In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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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
A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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Anand Thakur
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Anand Thakur
To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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Anand Thakur
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Anand Thakur
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Anand Thakur
Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Anand Thakur
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
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Noble Silence
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Anand Thakur
To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Anand Thakur
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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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
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
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

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

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