When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
PINDARMany a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
More Pindar Quotes
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Mankind is a dream 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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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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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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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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The present will not long endure.
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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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Learn what you are and be such.
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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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