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.
PINDARLearn what you are and be such.
More Pindar Quotes
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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The present will not long endure.
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Not 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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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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