When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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.
More Pindar Quotes
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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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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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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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.
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Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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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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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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