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Words have a longer life than deeds.

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Pindar
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Pindarus
Pindaros
Dircæan Swan
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Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else and through the value you bestow on them, o queen, ships contending on the sea and yoked teams of horses in swift-whirling contests become marvels.
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Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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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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Law, the king of all mortals and immortals.
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Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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Man's pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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In all things rest is sweet there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.
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When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
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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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Convention is the ruler of all.
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Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
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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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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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I will not steep my speech in lies the test of any man lies in action.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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