Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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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.
PindarPindar There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
PindarPindar The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.
PindarPindar Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
PindarPindar Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
PindarPindar The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
PindarPindar To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
PindarPindar Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
PindarPindar 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.
PindarPindar If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
PindarPindar Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
PindarPindar Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
PindarPindar Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
PindarPindar My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PindarPindar A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
PindarPindar Water is the best of all things.
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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The fact is I don’t lead a simple enough inner life. I indulge in excesses, bacchanalia of the spirit. Perhaps I identify too much with everything I read and study. Someone like Dostoevsky still shatters me.
Etty HillesumEtty Hillesum Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
Dallas WillardDallas Willard Human life and objects and trees vibrate with mysterious meanings, which can be deciphered like cuneiform writing.
Adam ZagajewskiAdam Zagajewski I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
Dallas WillardDallas Willard Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?
Adel al-JubeirAdel al-Jubeir It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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