Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PINDARMankind is a dream of a shadow.
More Pindar Quotes
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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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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The present will not long endure.
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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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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Water is the best of all things.
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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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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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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.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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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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