Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
PINDARWrapt 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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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Sweet is war to those who know it not.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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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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