Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
PINDARFinding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
More Pindar Quotes
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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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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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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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Learn what you are and be such.
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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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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