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.
PINDARMay 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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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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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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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Water is the best of all things.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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The present will not long endure.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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