Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
PINDARThe noblest of the elements is water.
More Pindar Quotes
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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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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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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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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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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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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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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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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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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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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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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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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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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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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