Pindar Quotes - Page 2

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• A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

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  Childhood, Fatherhood, Age

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• Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

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  Wisdom, Yield, Self

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• Unsung, the noblest deed will die.

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  Deeds, Dies

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• War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it.

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  Sweet, War, Latin

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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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• 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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• 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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• Even success softens not the heart of the envious.

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  Success, Heart, Achievement

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity

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  Beautiful

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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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• Water is the best of all things.

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  Science, Rivers, Water

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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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• 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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• If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.

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  Moving, Sea, Voice

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• Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.

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  Night, Fire, Water

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• Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.

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  Looks, Favors, Littles

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• To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.

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  Grieving, Giving, Sorrow

  Gilbert West, Pindar (1753). “Odes of Pindar: With Several Other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is Added A Dissertation on Olympick Games”, p.111

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• Man's pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.

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  Fall, Men, Growing

  Pindar (1969). “The odes of Píndar”, Penguin Books

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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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  Wise, Men, Giving

  Pindar (1928). “Pythian odes”

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• 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.

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  Running, Men, Hands

  "Pythian odes".

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• Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.

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  Trust, Eye, Joy

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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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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  Endurance, Kicking, Yoke

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.

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  Lying, Speech, Tests

  "The odes of Pindar".

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• The forehead of every work must shine from afar.

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  Light, Shining, Afar

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• Men are the dreams of a shadow.

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  Dream, Men, Shadow

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