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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen. — Pindar

We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more. — Pindar

Men are the dreams of a shadow. — Pindar

The present will not long endure. — Pindar

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses. — Pindar

A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well. — Pindar

A good deed hidden in silence dies. — Pindar

Even success softens not the heart of the envious. — Pindar

He never did his dumb-bells or played in his school fifteen. But the muscles came. He thinks they came while he was reading Pindar. — E. M. Forster

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

One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath. — Pindar

Envy, the attendant of the empty mind. — Pindar

Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind. — Pindar

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light. — Pindar

War is sweet to them that know it not. — Pindar

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things. — Pindar

Water is the best of all things. — Pindar

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

You should be living your life like a cavalry charge, or at least writing about it." Robert Knight in 'Hoofing It — Ian M Pindar

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else. — Pindar

He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea. — Horace

For lawless joys a bitter ending waits. — Pindar

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

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

Convention is the ruler of all. — Pindar

But in one short span of time winds quickly shift direction, veering back and forth. — Pindar

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest. — Pindar

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

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. — Pindar

Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving. — Pindar

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

Sweet is war to those who know it not. — Pindar

Become what you are. — Pindar

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

Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse. — Pindar

Time is the best preserver of righteous men. — Pindar

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life,
but exhaust the limits of the possible. — Pindar

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach. — Pindar

War is sweet to those who never tried it. — Pindar

To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know. — Pindar

Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

The best of healers is good cheer. — Pindar

The forehead of every work must shine from afar. — Pindar

Creatures of a day. What is someone? What is no one? Man is the dream of a shadow. — Pindar

Mankind is a dream of a shadow. — Pindar

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

Steer your boat with justice: forge
A tongue on truth's anvil. — Pindar

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. — Pindar

The test of any man lies in action. — Pindar

When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise. — Pindar

Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death. — Pindar

Custom is the lord of everything,
of mortals and immortals king.
High violence it justifies,
with hand uplifted plundering. — Pindar

If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong. — Pindar

Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God. — Pindar

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

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

Unsung, the noblest deed will die. — Pindar

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration. — Pindar

Learn what you are and be such. — Pindar

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

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

My soul, do not seek eternal life, but exhaust the realm of the possible. — Pindar

The noblest of the elements is water — Pindar

Law , the king of all mortals and immortals. — Pindar

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth. — Pindar

Even genius is tied to profit. — Pindar

There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent. — Pindar

To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied. — Pindar

With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us. — Pindar

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any person lies in action. — Pindar

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity. — Pindar

Words have a longer life than deeds. — Pindar

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

Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength. — Pindar

Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness. — Pindar