Pindar Famous Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mankind is a dream of a shadow. — Pindar

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

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

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

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

* 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. — Pindar

Time is the best preserver of righteous men. — Pindar

Convention is the ruler of all. — Pindar

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

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

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity. — Pindar

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

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

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

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

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? — Pindar

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

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. — 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

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. — Pindar

Envy, the attendant of the empty mind. — 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

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

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

The noblest of the elements is water — Pindar

Words have a longer life than deeds. — Pindar

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

The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is nothing, but the brazen floor of heaven is eternally unshakable. — Pindar

For lawless joys a bitter ending waits. — Pindar

The best of healers is good cheer. — Pindar

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

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

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

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

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

A good deed hidden in silence dies. — Pindar

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

Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life. — Pindar

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

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

There are indeed many wonders, and with regard to the stories people tell one another, it may be that such tales go beyond the true account and, embellished with iridescent lies, beguile them. — Pindar

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

Unsung, the noblest deed will die. — Pindar

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

Even genius is tied to profit. — Pindar

Learn what you are and be such. — Pindar

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. — Pindar

The test of any man lies in action. — 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

Men are the dreams of a shadow. — Pindar

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

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

It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength the man with thoughts too high. — Pindar