Water is the best of all things.
PINDARThe forehead of every work must shine from afar.
More Pindar Quotes
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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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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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.
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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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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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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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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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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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