The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDARThough 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.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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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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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.
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We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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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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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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