The present will not long endure.
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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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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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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Water is the best of all things.
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Convention is the ruler of all.
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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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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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