Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
PINDARWe 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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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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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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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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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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The test of any man lies in action.
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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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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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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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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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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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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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