If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
PINDARIt 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.
More Pindar Quotes
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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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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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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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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Water is the best of all things.
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Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
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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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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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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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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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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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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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If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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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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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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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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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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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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