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.
PINDARLearn what you are and be such.
More Pindar Quotes
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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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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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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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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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The present will not long endure.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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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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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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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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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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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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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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The noblest of the elements is water.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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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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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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