Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
PINDARCreatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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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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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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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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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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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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Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of prizes By steadfastness and strength.
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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My 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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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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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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