Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
PINDARMen are the dreams of a shadow.
More Pindar Quotes
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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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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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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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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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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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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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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