To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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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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The test of any man lies in action.
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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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