Words have a longer life than deeds.
PINDARIf 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.
More Pindar Quotes
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.
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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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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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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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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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