Even genius is tied to profit.
PINDARTo be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
More Pindar Quotes
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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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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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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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It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high.
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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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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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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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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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Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
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Water is the best of all things.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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