Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
PINDARRich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
More Pindar Quotes
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The present will not long endure.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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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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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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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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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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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 days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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Creatures 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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The noblest of the elements is water.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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