Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
PINDARMany a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
More Pindar Quotes
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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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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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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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 test of any man lies in action.
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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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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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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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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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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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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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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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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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