In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
PINDARNatural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
More Pindar Quotes
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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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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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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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Water is the best of all things.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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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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Envy bestrides praise.
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My 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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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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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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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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