Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
PINDAREven success softens not the heart of the envious.
More Pindar Quotes
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Water is the best of all things.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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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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In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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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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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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