Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
PINDARTo be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
More Pindar Quotes
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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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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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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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If 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.
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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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My 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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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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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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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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