Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
PINDARSuccess abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
More Pindar Quotes
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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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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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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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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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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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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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.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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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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We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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