To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
PINDARRich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
More Pindar Quotes
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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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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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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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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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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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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The noblest of the elements is water.
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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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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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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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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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