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.
PINDARThere are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
More Pindar Quotes
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Envy bestrides praise.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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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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The test of any man lies in action.
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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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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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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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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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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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