For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
PINDARIt 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.
More Pindar Quotes
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May 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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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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The present will not long endure.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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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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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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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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