Convention is the ruler of all.
PINDARSkills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
More Pindar Quotes
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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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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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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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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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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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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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