Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
PINDAREvery gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
More Pindar Quotes
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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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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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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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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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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My 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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O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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