One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
PINDAROne race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
PINDAREven now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
PINDARWith our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
PINDARIn all things rest is sweet; there is sure feit even in honey, even in Aphrodites lovely flowers.
PINDAREven genius is tied to profit.
PINDARFinding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
PINDARThe noblest of the elements is water.
PINDARO my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
PINDARTime is the best preserver of righteous men.
PINDARMan’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
PINDARCreatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
PINDAREven wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
PINDARNatural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
PINDARHe is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
PINDARSuccess for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
PINDARPoint thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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