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.
PINDARConvention is the ruler of all.
More Pindar Quotes
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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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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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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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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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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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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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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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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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The present will not long endure.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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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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Water is the best of all things.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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