Even genius is tied to profit.
PINDARWe are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.
More Pindar Quotes
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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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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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.
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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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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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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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The present will not long endure.
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