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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Anand Thakur
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.
PINDARThe present will not long endure.
PINDARO my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
PINDARNot every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDARTo bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
PINDARA graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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 days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDARTime is the best preserver of righteous men.
PINDARIn all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
PINDARMy God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
PINDARNatural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
PINDAROf 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.
PINDAROften silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDARSuccess for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
PINDAREven success softens not the heart of the envious.
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