Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
PINDAR
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
PindarPindar When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
PindarPindar Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
PindarPindar Men are the dreams of a shadow.
PindarPindar The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PindarPindar Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
PindarPindar I will be small in small things, great among great.
PindarPindar Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
PindarPindar Convention is the ruler of all.
PindarPindar Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
PindarPindar Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
PindarPindar Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
PindarPindar The present will not long endure.
PindarPindar Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of prizes By steadfastness and strength.
PindarPindar To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
PindarPindar Envy bestrides praise.
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