Pindar Quotes

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• Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

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  Christmas, Reality, Affection

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• O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

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  Soul, Limits, Immortal Life

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• Time is the best preserver of righteous men.

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  Men, Righteous Man, Righteous

  "The Odes and Selected Fragments" by Pindar. Fragment 159; p. 387, 1997.

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• Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

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  Men, Silence, Heed

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• Words have a longer life than deeds.

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  Deeds, English Language, Longer Life

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• Learn what you are and be such.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Sports

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.

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  Empty Mind, Envy, Mind

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• There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

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  Ambition, Hunting, Hands

  Pindar (1942). “Some Odes of Pindar: In New English Versions”

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• Unsung, the noblest deed will die.

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  Deeds, Dies

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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 a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.

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  Dream, Sunshine, Men

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• Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

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  Heart, Men, Joy

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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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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  Teacher, Teaching, Winning

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• A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.

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  Speech, Immortality, Said

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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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  Peace, Ubuntu, Light

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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 us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable.

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  Mother, Men, Differences

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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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  Truth, Healing, Men

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• Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.

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  Silence, Silent, Left

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.

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  Inspiration, Genius, Natural

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• May 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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  Acceptance, May, Strive

  "The odes of Pindar".

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• With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.

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  Mind, Should, Mortals

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• The test of any man lies in action.

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  Lying, Men, Tests

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.

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  Dream, Men, Shadow

  Pindar (1942). “Some Odes of Pindar: In New English Versions”

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• Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.

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  Success, Men, Hands

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Water is the best of all things.

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  Science, Rivers, Water

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• Mankind is a dream of a shadow.

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  Dream, Shadow, Mankind

  'Pythian Odes' bk. 8, l. 135

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