Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
PINDARO my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
More Pindar Quotes
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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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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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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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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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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Even genius is tied to profit.
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The present will not long endure.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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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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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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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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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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