Pindar Quotes - Page 2

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

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

Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.

Envy bestrides praise.

Unsung, the noblest deed will die.

Water is the best of all things.

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

May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

The present will not long endure.

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

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity

Even success softens not the heart of the envious.

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.

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?

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

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

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

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.

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

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen

To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.

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

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

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