When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
PINDARThe noblest of the elements is water.
More Pindar Quotes
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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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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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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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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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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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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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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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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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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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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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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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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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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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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Water is the best of all things.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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