Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
PINDAREven success softens not the heart of the envious.
More Pindar Quotes
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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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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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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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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Water is the best of all things.
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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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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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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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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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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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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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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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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; 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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Envy bestrides praise.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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