Pindar Quotes
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
[Age]
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Custom is the universal sovereign.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
[Action]
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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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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Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.
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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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Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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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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Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.
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Skills vary with the man. We must... strive by that which is born in us.
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Success for the striver washes away the effort of striving.
[Success]
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The best of healers is good cheer.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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The present will not long endure.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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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.
[Acceptance]
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Time, in the turning-over of days, works change, for better or worse.
[Change]
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