May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDARMay God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDARIt 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.
PINDARIf one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
PINDARThe present will not long endure.
PINDARLearn what you are and be such.
PINDARA thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
PINDARVarious are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
PINDARThere are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
PINDAROne race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
PINDARNot every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDARWater is the best of all things.
PINDARI will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
PINDARTo each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
PINDARThe days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDARThough 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.
PINDARTo be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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