The present will not long endure.
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More Pindar Quotes
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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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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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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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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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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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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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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