He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
PINDARLaw, the king of all mortals and immortals.
More Pindar Quotes
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Water is the best of all things.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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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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Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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In all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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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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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.
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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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