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?
PINDARWrapt 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?
PINDAROften silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDARWater is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
PINDAREven wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
PINDAREnvy, the attendant of the empty mind.
PINDARFinding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
PINDARThe days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDARThe noblest of the elements is water.
PINDARTime is the best preserver of righteous men.
PINDARMy God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDARMany a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
PINDARThere are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
PINDARTo bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
PINDARWords have a longer life than deeds.
PINDARLearn what you are and be such.
PINDARWith our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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