Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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The present will not long endure.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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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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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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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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The test of any man lies in action.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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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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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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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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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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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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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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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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