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.
PINDARTo bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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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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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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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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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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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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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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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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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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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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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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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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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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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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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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