Pindar Quotes - Page 2

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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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• Envy bestrides praise.

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  Envy, Praise

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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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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• 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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• For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.

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  Joy, Waiting, Vices

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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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• 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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• Water is the best of all things.

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  Science, Rivers, Water

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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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• I will be small in small things, great among great.

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  Small Things

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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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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• 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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• 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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• Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.

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  Men, Skills, Path

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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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• 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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  Insecure, Errors, Long

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The forehead of every work must shine from afar.

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  Light, Shining, Afar

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