The noblest of the elements is water.
PINDARIf any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
More Pindar Quotes
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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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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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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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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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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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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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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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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My 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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Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
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We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.
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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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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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