Pindar
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Biography
"σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ εἰδὼς φυᾷ."
"γένοι᾿, οἷος ἐσσὶ μαθών."
"ῥῆμα δ᾿ ἐργμάτων χρονιώτερον βιοτεύει."
"θνᾴσκει δὲ σιγαθὲν καλὸν ἔργον."
"ἀνδρῶν δικαίων Χρόνος σωτὴρ ἄριστος."
"Novem vero lyricorum longe Pindarus princeps spiritu, magnificentia, sententiis, figuris, beatissima rerum verborumque copia et velut quodam eloquentiae flumine: propter quae Horatius eum merito nemini credit imitabilem."
"Men are the dreams of a shadow."
"Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection."
"Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed."
"Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest."
"Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection."
"* Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach."
"Skills vary with the man. We must... strive by that which is born in us."
"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."
"Even now I am full of hope but the end lies in God."
"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."
"Success for the striver washes away the effort of striving."
"Time in the turning-over of days works change for better or worse."
"The present will not long endure."
"Time in the turning-over of days works change for better or worse."
"The test of any man lies in action."
"May God ... let me strive for attainable things."
"Learn what you are and be such."
"Learn what you are and be such."
"May God ... let me strive for attainable things."