For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
PINDARThere 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.
More Pindar Quotes
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Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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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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The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.
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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 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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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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