Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
PINDARSuccess abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
More Pindar Quotes
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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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May 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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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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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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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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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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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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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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