A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
PINDARIf any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
More Pindar Quotes
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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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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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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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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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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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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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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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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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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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