Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
PINDARLearn what you are and be such.
More Pindar Quotes
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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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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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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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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Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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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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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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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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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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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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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