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.
PINDARSuccess abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
More Pindar Quotes
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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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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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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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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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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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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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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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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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