Pindar Quotes
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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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War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it.
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My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
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Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength.
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The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds…
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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as…
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity
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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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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
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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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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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