Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
PINDARWords have a longer life than deeds.
More Pindar Quotes
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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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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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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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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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If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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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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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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Envy bestrides praise.
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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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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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