One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
PINDARSkills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
More Pindar Quotes
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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The present will not long endure.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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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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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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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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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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