A good deed hidden in silence dies.
PINDARNot 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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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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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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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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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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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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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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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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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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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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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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The noblest of the elements is water.
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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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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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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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