Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
PINDARO my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
More Pindar Quotes
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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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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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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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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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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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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.
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