Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
PINDAREnvy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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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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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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In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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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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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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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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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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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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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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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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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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Envy bestrides praise.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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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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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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