Though 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.
PINDARI will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
More Pindar Quotes
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
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Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.
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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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Even genius is tied to profit.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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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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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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